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

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

14191 - Aadhaar Articles dated 8th July 2019


Union Budget 2019: New Aadhaar, PAN Card rules you need to know to pay your income tax
Business Today
Union Budget 2019: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech last Friday had announced that taxpayers who don't own a ...

Bill on use of Aadhaar as ID proof moved in Rajya Sabha
Deccan Herald
A bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity for opening bank accounts and getting mobile connections was moved in Rajya Sabha on ...

Economic Survey has based Aadhaar impact on MGNREGS on false assumptions, say researchers
The Hindu
He noted that around the same time that Aadhaar was introduced to MGNREGS, a Supreme Court ruling mandated special measures for the scheme ...

SC issues notice to Centre and UIDAI on plea against new Aadhaar Ordinance and Regulations
MediaNama.com
The petition challenges the new Aadhaar Ordinance and Regulations on the grounds that they violate fundamental rights as guaranteed under Article ...

Madras HC issues notice in plea against mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail Pension, Provident ...
Bar & Bench
The Madras High Court has issued notice in a petition challenging the mandatory linkage of Aadhaar to Universal Account Number (UAN) for availing ...

Techie moves Madras high court assailing compulsory linking of Aadhaar with UAN to avail EPFO ...
Times of India
CHENNAI: A software engineer has approached the Madras high court challenging the notification mandating linking of Aadhaar to Universal Account

Aadhaar and other laws (amendment) Bill get nod of Parliament
United News of India
New Delhi, Jul 8 (UNI) A bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity for opening bank accounts and getting mobile connections and ...

Govt dithering on a Data Protection Bill: Cong
United News of India
New Delhi, Jul 8 (UNI) Use of Aadhaar data by non Governmental organisations makes the personal data of individuals vunerable to theft, the ...

J&K govt approves Aadhaar-linked payment for pension disbursal
Pragativadi
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved Aadhaar-linked payment mode for disbursal of pension to beneficiaries under various ...

Union Budget 2019 for Digital India
OpenGov Asia
Currently, over 1.2 billion Indians have Aadhaar cards. The Finance Minister proposed to make PAN and Aadhaar cards interchangeable, therefore, ...

MbPT told to pay interest to staffer for withheld wages
The Asian Age
According to the circular, employees need to submit their Aadhaar ca-rd number to MbPT, failing which their salary from the next month would not be ...

5 key changes in annual income tax assessment in Budget 2019
The Asian Age
Aadhaar and Permanent Account Number (PAN) would be made interchangeable as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for purpose ...
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