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

Friday, July 12, 2019

14194 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 10th July 2019


Aadhaar bill passage in Parliament: New clause helps secure non-NDA votes
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Brute majority aside, the Centre managed to pass the Aadhaar Amendment Bill with the support of key regional parties — the Biju Janata

New Aadhaar Legislation Aimed at Protecting Private Sector Use in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling
findBIOMETRICS
“By protecting the use of Aadhaar authentication on a voluntary basis, the central government is seeking to ensure that Aadhaar can still be used for ...

Aadhaar-PAN linking deadline remains 30 September 2019; here's how to link your biometric card ...
Firstpost
There is no notification yet on the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) website on change of deadline for linking biometric Aadhaar with Permanent ...

View: Budget 2019 shows govt's will to use Aadhaar to track financial transactions
Economic Times
Making Aadhaar and PAN interchangeable for return filing and quoting either for transactions indicates the Government's will to use Aadhaar to track ...

'Ordinance on Aadhaar use doesn't survive as House has cleared Bill'
The Hindu
The Centre told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Ordinance “does not survive” as ...

Aadhaar amendments: New clause to allow use of Aadhaar data for state schemes
Times of India
New Delhi, Jul 10 () The government through an amendment to the Aadhaar Act has allowed the use of India's national biometric ID by states for ...

Aadhaar amendments: New clause to allow use of data for state schemes
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The government through an amendment to the Aadhaar Act has allowed the use of India's national biometric ID by states for devolution .

Aadhaar contract goes to govt, people suffer
The Tribune
People in Jammu city are facing great difficulty in getting their Aadhaar cards updated as most of the machines installed at different centres are either ...

DNA Edit: Democracy first - Defanging Aadhaar through amendment is welcome
DNA India
The fast expanding remit of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar, had to be curtailed and the brakes have finally ...

Madras HC accepts petition challenging mandatory Aadhaar linking for pension and PF
MediaNama.com
The Madras High Court has accepted a petition that challenges a notification mandating linking of Aadhaarwith Universal Account Number (UAN) for .

Soon, you can get e-PAN through Aadhaar-based e-KYC in less than 10 minutes
News Nation
"Real time PAN/TAN Processing Centre (RTPC) is being contemplated for future with the objective of allotment of e-PAN through Aadhaar based ...

Explained: How Aadhaar-Enabled DBT Programme Rescued The MGNREGS
Swarajya
Today, of the 11.61 crore active workers under the MGNREGS, around 10.16 crore workers have their Aadhaar cards linked to their respective bank ...

ICSI launches UDIN to improve corporate governance
Economic Times
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has rolled out an initiative in the form of a Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) in an ...

Is Our Privacy Safe Under The Aadhaar Scheme? A Critical Analysis Of Change In The Privacy ...
Libertatem Magazine
Managed by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), aadhaar is a 12 digit unique identification number issued to a resident of India, by the ...

Union Budget 2019: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposes Aadhaar Card to NRIs with ...
NewsX
Union Budget 2019: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to give Aadhaar Cards to the NRIs with Indian passport on their arrival ...

PAN card to be declared invalid after August 31, if not linked with Aadhaar
India TV
Nearly 20 crore Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards will be declared invalid after August 31, 2019, if they are not linked with the holder's Aadhaar ...

Wirecard Partners With YES BANK, India's Fourth Largest Private Sector Bank, to Continue Driving ...
Yahoo Finance
The partnership will expand the scope of India's Aadhaar Enabled Payment System, a biometric digital payment system developed by the National ...

Tejasvi Surya demands NRC for Karnataka in Lok Sabha
Deccan Herald
“They have come here illegally and trying to procure voter ID Aadhaar card through the local agencies and this will prove a very important security ...

Tamil Nadu government to launch e-sign encumbrance and certified copies
Times of India
Announcing this in the assembly on Tuesday, minister for registration K C Veeramani said that the Aadhaarlinked e-sign would be introduced as part ...

Zero MDR to impact business, says Payment Council
The Hindu
... that facilitate low-cost digital payment modes such as BHIM, UPI, QR code, Aadhaar Pay as well as certain debit cards, NEFT or RTGS transactions.

Credit Card Eligibility – Check Your Credit Card Eligibility Criteria
Moneycontrol.com
Proof of photograph (PAN, Passport, Aadhaar, Driver's licence, voter ID, ration card, utility bills). - Last 3-6 months' salary slips (depending on the bank).

Cyber attacks cost $45 bn in 2018 as ransomware hits hard
Phys.Org
Among the high-profile data breaches were the 1.1 billion records of Aadhaar, India's national ID database, and the attack on the Marriott/Starwood ...

DB directs Directors SWD Jmu, Kmr to update status of pension to aged, others
State Times
... of the Panchayati Raj Act, 2018 and the Jammu and Kashmir Aadhaar (Targeted delivery of financial and other subsides, benefits and services) Act, ...

India's Union Budget 2019-20: Roadmap for a US $5 Trillion Economy
India Briefing
This means that taxpayers who do not have a PAN can use the Aadhaar number, and vice versa, to file income tax returns and conduct other financial ...

91 kids denied admission to govt schools, parents write to Kejriwal
Hindustan Times
... that several government schools have denied admissions to their children on “flimsy grounds” such as lack of Delhi address proof, Aadhaar number, ...

Budget 2019 recognises private sector's role in bringing prosperity
Financial Express
Budget 2019 India: The innovative interchangeability of Aadhaar and PAN numbers for filing income tax for individuals points to a recognition of the ...

Data breach: police team likely to leave for Jharkhand soon
The Hindu
The data includes payslips which have their name, bank account number, phone number, Aadhaar card number and a few others, which are private.

Amanchi challengesKaranam's election
The Hindu
Showing photographs and copies of various documents such as birth certificate and Aadhaar card, Mr. Krishna Mohan charged that Mr. Balaram had ...

Parliament HIGHLIGHTS: Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day following uproar over Karnataka crisis
The Indian Express
On Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, making use of Aadhaar voluntary for the citizens of the ...

Samagra Vedika: Telangana Government's Data Integration Software Raises Concerns Among ...
Swarajya
The software was developed in 2017 in following a judgment from Supreme Court disallowing the use of Aadhaar for any such purpose. Meanwhile ...
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