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

Thursday, July 18, 2019

14201 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 17th July 2019


Delhi HC issues notice in a PIL to link property documents to Aadhaar
Livemint
“As on today, every citizen of our country has an Aadhaar number, asking them to link it to their property documents is a better option. The main ...

Aadhaar PAN name mismatch? Don't panic! Here's how to match PAN name andAadhaar Card ...
Financial Express
Aadhaar-PAN name mismatch: If your name is different in PAN and Aadhaar Card, you will face difficulties in linking your PAN and Aadhaar Card.

HC seeks govt.reply on plea to link property to Aadhaar
The Hindu
“If government links property with Aadhaar, it will lead to an increment of 2% in annual growth. It will clean our electoral process, which is dominated ...

POS Manufacturer Wiseasy to Build Aadhaar Payment Solutions Based on NEXT Fingerprint ...
Yahoo Finance
Wiseasy will integrate the NEXT STQC and UIDAI certified sensor technology into POS terminals for Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) ...

Aadhaar valid proof at RTO? Not here
Ahmedabad Mirror
Licence applicants were in for a shock when they were told that their aadhaar card would not be acceptable as address proof and that they would ...

Aadhaar Card Not A Valid Document For Travel To Nepal: NCDRC [Read Order]
Live Law
He had produced his e-ticket and Aadhaar card at the airlines company's check-in counter. The airlines company did not accept Aadhaar card as a ...

Why HDFC's Aditya Puri thinks PM Modi, Nandan Nilekani, and Reliance Jio will radically change ...
YourStory.com
According to Puri, Modi's Digital India push, Nandan Nilekani's work in building the infrastructure for India's digital future through Aadhaar, and Jio's ...

Alleged malpractices using 'Aadhaar' in States & UTs for distribution of food grains
The Sentinel Assam
New Delhi: In a startling incident, some complaints/reports of malpractices involving use of Aadhaar during the distribution of subsidized foodgrains in ...

Why Antony Clement Rubin petitioned Madras HC to link Aadhaar to social media accounts
MediaNama.com
“So I said, okay, let's ask the government, approach the court, asking them to link Aadhaar. That way, not only Aadhaar, in my case Aadhaar was more ...

Health records to be linked with Aadhaar?
News Today
Further, in an ambitious move, it has been proposed that Aadhaar-based identification of patients be used for maintaining health records. This would ...

Biometric health record access proposed by Indian government committee
Biometric Update
India should digitize its healthcare system with interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) and Aadhaar-based biometric patient identification, ...

Digital signature certificate for ITR filing: Things to know
Times of India
However, some CAs can issue DSC on the same day based on eKYC for Aadhaar holders. Certifying Authorities are authorised to issue a DSC with a ...

PMJDY - Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Online
Moneycontrol.com
In case you have linked your Aadhaar card with your bank account, then you can avail government subsidies by electronic transfers directly into your ...

Agri Minister assures farmers all possible aid
E-Pao.net
... will be covered by the said Government's initiative by allowing tenant farmers to submit chitta numbers of their tenant paddy field and Aadhaar cards.

'No biometric attendance in five govt. schools'
The Hindu
Five government high and higher secondary schools in Coimbatore have not implemented the AadhaarEnabled Biometric Attendance System ...

UN Officials In "Awe" Over India's Sustainable Development Goals Progress
NDTV
Mr Steiner added that the Aadhaar programme has delivered so much more than anyone else could have thought possible that "I sometimes still ...

Mumbai: Prostitution racket busted, one arrested
DNA India
... the hotel and seized Rs 4.70 lakh in cash from the call centre, 10 mobile phones, PlayWin capsules along with other documents like Aadhaar cards, ...

DC Jammu inspects progress on Akhnoor Flyover project
State Times
... that there are total 49,473 beneficiaries under Integrated Social Services System (ISSS) scheme out of which 23,534 have been Aadhaar seeded.

Social media PIL: Furnish Central govt guidelines, says MP HC
Outlook India
The petition also seeks direction to Facebook to ensure an individual wanting to open an account provide at least one ID detail like Aadhaar card ...

Crime-tracker ID for Coimbatore mill workers?
The New Indian Express
COIMBATORE: For those already grappling with pervasiveness of the Aadhaar cards, the Tamil Nadu Open End Spinning Mills Association (OSMA) is ...

Union Budget 2019: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposes use of Aadhar card to file ...
NewsX
To benefit more than 120 crore Aadhaar card holders in the country, ... Batting for the more use of Aadhaar, Nirmala Sitaraman also announced that ...

Each SIP installment is fresh purchase; check exit load when redeeming
Financial Express
If one is investing Rs 1,000 through monthly SIP in a fund that charges an exit load of 1% for holding period less than one year and now wants to ...

Furore over deletion of 700 votes
The Hans India
Bhimavaram: Notices to 700 voters for deletion of their votes created a flutter at Korukollu in Palakoderu mandal. A large number of voters stormed 

National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill 2019 Passed in RS
The Quint
... Bill in Lok Sabha on Monday, 15 July; The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed by a voice vote in Rajya Sabha on 8 July.

Are we ready for a big bang legal action against terrorism
Financial Express
... authenticate the identity of clients be it gold purchaser or property purchaser, etc, through additional means like Aadhaar or as may be prescribed, ...

Current Session of Parliament may be extended to clear pending legislation
The Indian Express
Apart from the triple talaq ordinance, these include ones on Jammu and Kashmir reservation, Aadhaar laws, Companies Act and Indian Medical ...

Vacancy in the posts of Deputy Director, Salary Rs 39100
News Track English
Interested candidates can apply for this website and UIDAI Technology Centre Government of India, Aadhaar Complex, NTI Layout, Tatanagar, ...
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