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, July 7, 2019

14185 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 2nd July 2019


Passport Seva Kendras-like Aadhaar offices: Delhi, Vijayawada get UIDAI centres
Livemint
NEW DELHI: The UIDAI has operationalised the first 'Aadhaar Seva Kendra' in Delhi and Vijayawada, setting in motion an ambitious plan to set up ...

Aadhaar card re-print: Step by step process to put request on UIDAI website
Zee Business
Aadhaar card getting misplaced is no more a problem of the level that it used to be a few months ago. From December 1, 2018, the UIDAI has started ...

Darjeeling Aadhaar ordeal
Telegraph India
Norbu Sherpa, 21, travelled from Rimbick, about 90km from Darjeeling, on Sunday and stayed overnight at a hotel to be among the first in queue at the ...

90000 social security beneficiaries in Kerala fail to submit Aadhaar number
The New Indian Express
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: About 90,000 beneficiaries of social security pensions have not submitted their Aadhaar number to local self-governments ...

GRP to ask government to help identify mishap victims using Aadhaar
Times of India
The Aadhaar database is exhaustive. We could take fingerprints of unknown victims and send them for verification against the Aadhaar database," ...

Getting Aadhaar Card gets easier! First UIDAI-run Aadhaar Seva Kendra operational in Delhi ...
Financial Express
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is in the midst of setting up 'Aadhaar Seva Kendras' (ASKs) - similar to the concept of Passport ...

Your Aadhaar card can make you rich! Here's your step-by-step guide for Rs 30000 cash prize
News Nation
Win Rs 30,000 by your Aadhaar card! Unbelievable? UIDAI has organised a contest for Aadhaar card holders named 'Your Aadhaar Online'.

Getting to the Digital Summit
The Hindu BusinessLine
Aadhaar – If one word can lay claim to being the vehicle of digital adoption in India, this would be it. As the largest single digital ID programme in the ...

Aadhaar Ventures India Ltd. - Disclosure Of Related Party Transactions Pursuant To Regulation 23 ...
The Hindu BusinessLine
Pursuant to Regulation 23(9) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 as amended from time to time, we attach ...

Nagpur: Sarpanch demands sex from woman for helping her get an Aadhaar card
Free Press Journal
Nagpur: In yet another instance depicting the dismal state of law and order in Nagpur, a sarpanch is alleged to have demanded sex from a woman for ...

Facebook sees its salvation with its cryptocurrency Libra
The Indian Express
In the early days, when we were still discussing the possible implications of building a data-surveillance system like Aadhaar in India, one of the ...

SC Seeks Centre's Reply On Jairam Ramesh's Plea Against Amendments To PMLA By Money Bills
Live Law
Chidambaram told the apex court that Ramesh was also one of the petitioners in the Aadhaar case and had challenged the passing of the Aadhaar ...

Soon, update Aadhaar, PAN at airports and railway stations
NewsBytes
In a bid to improve public convenience in urban areas, the government plans to set up new Common Service Centers (CSCs) at post offices, airports, ...

Total UPI transactions rise to 754.5M in June, value transacted on the network falls
YourStory.com
While just like UPI, AePS (Aadhaar Enabled Payment System) transactions in the country also improved to 194.33 million (19.43 crore) in June from ...

Modi praises digitalisation programme
Public Finance International
At the heart of digitalisation has been has been the creation of a digital identity for every citizen based on their 12-digit 'Aadhaar' social security ...

RBI waives NEFT, RTGS charges to Promote Cashless Transactions, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
taxscan.in (press release)
Banks, at receipt of the Aadhaar number from the customer may carry out authentication of the customer's Aadhaar number using e-KYC ...

No drop in MGNREGA wages: Govt
The Tribune
All wages to workers are not paid through Aadhaar Based Payment System (ABPS). Those workers who do not have Aadhaar or are in the process of ...

The next step in India's digital revolution is digitising govt processes
The Indian Express
Aadhaar-based eKYC has made it easy to open bank accounts or to get instant mobile SIMs without any paperwork. There was a time when working ...

Keshni Anand Arora, Haryana's new Chief Secy is third sister in family to hold post
The Indian Express
She had contributed significantly in implementing Aadhaar-based DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) in MGNREGA, various scholarships and social welfare

First week of LS session over, now all eyes on Bills, Budget
The Tribune
On Monday, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will move for consideration and passing the contentious Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, ...

NREGA wages have not decreased in last 5 years, says govt
The Tribune
All wages to workers under the scheme are not paid through Aadhaar Based Payment System (ABPS). Those workers who do not have Aadhaar ...

In Karnataka, even the dead paid GST
The New Indian Express
Now, tax officials are racking their brains to recover this amount, stolen based only on paper transactions by fraudsters, who even used Aadhaar cards ...

District Minister to hold Janata Darshan in city on July 4
Star of Mysore
Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, referring to a Corporator's plea on Aadhaar registration, said that earlier, private centres were allowed to ...

Why 'one nation, one card' is big for migrant workers
Financial Express
Aadhaar linkage will be mandatory for migrants wishing to avail of the benefits offered by the Centre. A report put out by the UN World Food ...

Keep calm, bolo JAI SHRI RAM?
NorthEast Today
What do you mean Aadhaar card can be hacked and compromised?? You sir, are definitely an anti-national! Don't you ever question Aadhaar.

Airtel Payments Bank gets Rs 325 crore from its parent
Times of India
Another big hit to the payments bank business model was the Supreme Court order barring the use of Aadhaar for any purpose other than enabling ...

Year's deadline for 'one nation, one ration card'
The Tribune
Paswan said beneficiaries were required to show their Aadhaar card to buy foodgrains from any ration shop in the country. Only ration card will suffice ...

Crackdown on touts: Here are steps taken by Indian Railways
Zee Business
... those individual users who have linked their IRCTC user ID with their respective Aadhaar number and ensured that at least one of the passengers in ...

Nagaland's list for indigenous people, explained
Qrius
Aadhaar numbers will be recorded wherever available. But it won't come as a surprise if the Aadhaardatabase is accessed to record those excluded

Yogi instructs DMs to provide data of farmers eligible under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme
The New Indian Express
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister said that in many cases, due to wrong bank account details, Aadhaar card number and KYC, farmers do not get the ...

Fourth anniversary of Digital India
The Hindu
As of now Aadhaar enrolment and updating were being carried out at 48 centres in select offices in the city. Apart from this, there was an upgrade on ...
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