In 2009, I became extremely concerned with the concept of Unique Identity for various reasons. Connected with many like minded highly educated people who were all concerned.
On 18th May 2010, I started this Blog to capture anything and everything I came across on the topic. This blog with its million hits is a testament to my concerns about loss of privacy and fear of the ID being misused and possible Criminal activities it could lead to.
In 2017 the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict after one of the longest hearings on any issue. I did my bit and appealed to the Supreme Court Judges too through an On Line Petition.
In 2019 the Aadhaar Legislation has been revised and passed by the two houses of the Parliament of India making it Legal. I am no Legal Eagle so my Opinion carries no weight except with people opposed to the very concept.
In 2019, this Blog now just captures on a Daily Basis list of Articles Published on anything to do with Aadhaar as obtained from Daily Google Searches and nothing more. Cannot burn the midnight candle any longer.
"In Matters of Conscience, the Law of Majority has no place"- Mahatma Gandhi
Ram Krishnaswamy
Sydney, Australia.

Aadhaar

The UIDAI has taken two successive governments in India and the entire world for a ride. It identifies nothing. It is not unique. The entire UID data has never been verified and audited. The UID cannot be used for governance, financial databases or anything. It’s use is the biggest threat to national security since independence. – Anupam Saraph 2018

When I opposed Aadhaar in 2010 , I was called a BJP stooge. In 2016 I am still opposing Aadhaar for the same reasons and I am told I am a Congress die hard. No one wants to see why I oppose Aadhaar as it is too difficult. Plus Aadhaar is FREE so why not get one ? Ram Krishnaswamy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.-Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.Mahatma Gandhi

“The invasion of privacy is of no consequence because privacy is not a fundamental right and has no meaning under Article 21. The right to privacy is not a guaranteed under the constitution, because privacy is not a fundamental right.” Article 21 of the Indian constitution refers to the right to life and liberty -Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

“There is merit in the complaints. You are unwittingly allowing snooping, harassment and commercial exploitation. The information about an individual obtained by the UIDAI while issuing an Aadhaar card shall not be used for any other purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation.”-A three judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said in an interim order.

Legal scholar Usha Ramanathan describes UID as an inverse of sunshine laws like the Right to Information. While the RTI makes the state transparent to the citizen, the UID does the inverse: it makes the citizen transparent to the state, she says.

Good idea gone bad
I have written earlier that UID/Aadhaar was a poorly designed, unreliable and expensive solution to the really good idea of providing national identification for over a billion Indians. My petition contends that UID in its current form violates the right to privacy of a citizen, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. This is because sensitive biometric and demographic information of citizens are with enrolment agencies, registrars and sub-registrars who have no legal liability for any misuse of this data. This petition has opened up the larger discussion on privacy rights for Indians. The current Article 21 interpretation by the Supreme Court was done decades ago, before the advent of internet and today’s technology and all the new privacy challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP Rajya Sabha

“What is Aadhaar? There is enormous confusion. That Aadhaar will identify people who are entitled for subsidy. No. Aadhaar doesn’t determine who is eligible and who isn’t,” Jairam Ramesh

But Aadhaar has been mythologised during the previous government by its creators into some technology super force that will transform governance in a miraculous manner. I even read an article recently that compared Aadhaar to some revolution and quoted a 1930s historian, Will Durant.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP

“I know you will say that it is not mandatory. But, it is compulsorily mandatorily voluntary,” Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Saba April 2017.

August 24, 2017: The nine-judge Constitution Bench rules that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty”and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the World; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” -Edward Snowden

In the Supreme Court, Meenakshi Arora, one of the senior counsel in the case, compared it to living under a general, perpetual, nation-wide criminal warrant.

Had never thought of it that way, but living in the Aadhaar universe is like living in a prison. All of us are treated like criminals with barely any rights or recourse and gatekeepers have absolute power on you and your life.

Announcing the launch of the # BreakAadhaarChainscampaign, culminating with events in multiple cities on 12th Jan. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard before the Supreme Court hearings start on 17th Jan 2018. In collaboration with @no2uidand@rozi_roti.

UIDAI's security seems to be founded on four time tested pillars of security idiocy

1) Denial

2) Issue fiats and point finger

3) Shoot messenger

4) Bury head in sand.

God Save India

Sunday, June 30, 2019

14183 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 29th June 2019


Parliament LIVE: Key Aadhaar-related bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha to see ...
Firstpost
Minister of Communications, Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday is to introduce a bill to further amend the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of ...

Madras HC Allows IFF To Intervene To Oppose Plea For Linking Aadhaar With Social Media ...
Live Law
The Madras High Court on Thursday allowed Internet Freedom Foundation(IFF) to intervene in the petitions which seek directions to link Aadhaar with ...

Aadhaar Bill overlooks individual privacy
The Hans India
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill tabled in Parliament overlooks privacy of Indians and gives prominence to the interests of businesses, ...

Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi meets Donald Trump in Osaka; Ravi Shankar Prasad to introduce ...
Firstpost
Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi meets Donald Trump in Osaka; Ravi Shankar Prasad to introduce Aadhaar-related bill in LS; day's top stories.

Nabbed Illegal Bangladeshi Owns Aadhaar, PAN; Says Paid 4000 Takas Bribe To Border Guards ...
Swarajya
The Assam police on Wednesday (26 June) arrested Aynul Haque, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi national, from state's Dhubri district for illegally entering ...

Budget 2019 expectations for E-KYC, Aadhaar, ATMs and cashless transactions
Zee Business
Sameer Aggarwal, Founder and CEO, RevFin, told Zee Business Online that Budget should provide more clarity on E-KYC process through Aadhaar.

13.02 lakh Aadhaar cards holders in Nagaland
Morung Express
As of May 31, a total of 13, 02, 957 Aadhaar cards were generated in Nagaland as per data provided by the Ministry of Electronics and Information ...

Aadhaar Amendment Center demands reopening of grants
Ibcworldnews
Three months after the district administration appealed to the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department to reopen the Aadhaar correctional ...

Parliament LIVE: Amit Shah's J&K Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha Today
News18
Aadhaar, Money-Laundering Bills to be Moved Today | While the Home Minister will move the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Amendment Bill, Law ...

A 'smart' way to avail of driving licence services
The Hindu
However, to avail of the facility on web platform through cellphones, laptop and desktop, the service-seekers need to integrate their Aadhaar details ...

Centre Announces 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Plan for PDS Beneficiaries
The Wire
The Supreme Court has earlier ruled that an Aadhaar card is mandatory to avail oneself of government schemes and subsidies, however, confusion ...

Parliament HIGHLIGHTS: Lok Sabha gives nod to President's rule in JK for another 6 months; both ...
The Indian Express
A Bill to amend the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act will also be introduced by the Minister of ...

Loan waiver: In-house tech helps Karnataka save crores
The Indian Express
Using Aadhaar, land survey and ration card numbers along with bank data, and digitised land and ration card records, officials say CLWS has saved ...

Spice Money launches smartphone enabled Micro ATMs
Financial Chronicle (press release) (blog)
Spice Money has already been rolling out the cash withdrawal facility across its 2,00,000 merchant points through Aadhaar Enabled Payment System.

IAS Officer Who Blew Lid Off Post-Matric Scholarship Scam Transferred
NDTV
... of money meant for post-matric scholarship for Scheduled Caste and Backward Class students "by changing Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries and ...

UP: Fraudsters held for siphoning money off people using fingerprint clone
Business Standard
... who allegedly withdrew money from people's accounts by compromising with the Aadhaar-enabled payment system using their fingerprint clones.

Parliament Live updates: Amit Shah to move J&K Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha today
India Today
Some other important bills including the Aadhaar amendment bill and money-laundering act, 2002, will also be taken up for consideration. Meanwhile ...

Digital ID scheduled for year-end
Bangkok Post
Pramod Varma, chief architect of the Aadhaar digital ID in India, said his country spends US$50 billion (1.53 trillion baht), 2% of GDP, every year in ...

Only 132 depositors yet to get refund, asked to submit documents
Times of India
They have been asked to submit the prescribed form, accompanied by the original bond issued by the VR Chits, Aadhaar card, bank passbook, legal ...

Employment generation: Formally, an informal solution
Economic Times (blog)
With some of the pillars already casted by the first Narendra Modi government in the form of Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM), Digital India, Skill India, ...

Bag containing Rs 40K snatched
The Tribune
... a resident of Amritsar, alleged that three persons riding a Bullet sped away after snatching his bag containing Rs 40,000 and an Aadhaar card from ..

Madras HC: Internet Freedom Foundation to act as an intervener in WhatsApp traceability case
MediaNama.com
20214/2018) that sought a writ mandamus (special order by court) to 'declare the linking of Aadhaar or any one of the Government authorized identity ...

Bills in Rajya Sabha: Govt may make up majority
DNA India
The NDA may finally be able to pass the Triple Talaq bill and the Aadhaar Amendment bill in Rajya Sabha. Narendra Modi-led NDA 2.0 has tallied ...

Neetu Solanki murder: Wanted in 2011 killing, he got new identity, job at Gurgaon firm
The Indian Express
At the time of joining, his employers said, Gehlot had all identification proofs, including an Aadhaar card, PAN, driving licence and Class XII marksheet ...

Uttar Pradesh Youth Help Elderly Access Benefits
The Logical Indian
There were mistakes in my Aadhaar, and I was not able to produce my income certificate due to problems beyond my understanding. I gave up on this 

Sudugadu Sidda families assured of 20 guntas of land to build houses
The Hindu
He said the community would get Aadhaar card and other relevant documents,” MR. Rajappa said. The officer also asked the residents to send their ...

Want to access your PF account? Here's how to activate your UAN online
Times Now
Step 3: Enter certain details such as Member ID, Aadhaar, PAN, Name, DoB, mobile number, email ID etc. and enter the captcha code. (Entering email ...

Zero Balance Savings Accounts of SBI Vs HDFC Vs ICICI Vs SCB Vs Axis Bank; Know features ...
Financial Express
While the regular savings bank account requires the customers to maintain a certain monthly average balance (MAB), there is no need to do so with a ...

Spice Money launches smartphone-enabled ''Micro-ATMs''
Outlook India
The company has already been rolling out the cash withdrawal facility across its merchant points through Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS).

Strictly Confidential! How Finance Ministry Keeps Budget a Secret
The Quint
The upcoming Union Budget on 5 July has the country's attention for many reasons. Firstly, it's the first Budget by the Modi government after it returned ...
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