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 19, 2019

14202 - Aadhaar Related articles dated 18th July 2019


Will Aadhaar interchangeability for ITR make PAN redundant?
Livemint
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in Budget 2019, proposed to allow interchangeability between Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar ...

Aadhaar-PAN name mismatch? Learn to match PAN and Aadhaar card name
The Hans India
If you are unable to link your Aadhaar Card with the PAN Card, please check the details registered with PAN and Aadhaar cards. It would be best if ...

Govt floats idea for Aadhaar-like database for mapping citizen health
Business Standard
... UIDAI (the agency that administers Aadhaar), and the National Payments Corporation of India, given that health is a state subject, and to incorporate ...

Mismatched Names on Aadhaar and PAN Cards? Here's How You Can Correct It
News18
Aadhaar and PAN cards are the two imperative identity proofs issued by the government to Indian citizens specially as the government made it ...

Situations Where You Can Now Quote Aadhaar In Place Of PAN
Goodreturns
In Budget 2019 presented on July 5, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of changes in respect of PAN, aadhaar, cash ...

Govt plans Aadhaar-like database for mapping citizens' digital health
Moneycontrol.com
A National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) panel has proposed a data mapping system to track citizen's health with an aim to include 'digital health' ...

Aadhaar enrolment in pvt schools at a snail's pace
OrissaPOST
Jajpur: The government has been asking schools across the state to ensure Aadhaar enrolment of all students for the last three years. But private ME ...

If You Worry About FaceApp And Not Your Facebook & Aadhaar Data, Then You Have Bigger ...
India Times
As we've mentioned already, the two-year-old FaceApp is currently seeing a resurgence in popularity. You've also probably heard how FaceApp 

Budget 2019: Running between the wickets
Financial Express
The Aadhaar Act stood the scrutiny before Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court. In K Puttaswamy vs UOI, it was held that the Aadhaar Act is not ...

Mad rush at Aadhaar registration centres
Star of Mysore
Mysuru: The staff at all Aadhaar card registration centres in city had a hard time today as all the centres witnessed unusual huge crowds this morning.

Aadhaar OTP, Net banking, ATM: Three ways to verify ITR 2018-19 online
Times Now
Given below are three simple ways in which you can e-verify your return such as verification via Netbanking, Bank ATM and via Aadhaar OTP ...

An Ayushman Bharat database is a good step
Financial Express
Aadhaar linkage would mean that every health-related detail is entered into a beneficiary's record even if she avails of the healthcare coverage at ...

Name mismatch in Aadhaar and PAN? Here's how to rectify
NewsBytes
If your PAN is not linked with Aadhaar latest by August 31, it might get ... So, in case there is a mismatch of name in your PAN and Aadhaar, you must ...

NEXT Biometrics Gets Another India-focused POS Partner
findBIOMETRICS
The latter will integrate NEXT Biometrics' fingerprint sensors into POS terminals designed for compatibility with Aadhaar Enabled Payment System ...

Want To Apply For A PAN Card Online? Here's Everything You Need To Know
NDTV
(Also read: PAN, Aadhaar interchangeability: All you need to know) ... (Also read: For these tasks, you will be able to quote Aadhaar instead of PAN) ...

SSC MTS Admit Card Central Region Released @sscer.org for UP and Bihar, Check Download ...
Jagran Josh
Voter Card, Aadhaar Card, printout of e-Aadhaar (not Xerox copy of Aadhaar), Driving License, PAN card, Passport, Identity Card issued by the ...

EPF withdrawal rule changed! Employees won't be able to take out their Provident Fund money this ...
Zee Business
If your Aadhaar number is linked to the EPFO's Universal Account Number (UAN), you will not be able to get your PF withdrawal claim offline.

IRCTC e-ticket booking: 7 steps Indian Railways is taking to prevent misuse of reservation system ...
Financial Express
However, the limit has been revised to 12 tickets in a month for those users who have linked their IRCTC user ID with their Aadhaar Card number as ...

Coming soon, geo-tagging for MGNREGA cards
Hindustan Times
Of the 12 crore who have been given MGNREGA cards, 11 crore have linked their Aadhaar cards and seven crore have linked their bank cards, union ...

Brahmin, Reddy, Vysya students highest from GHMC limits
The Hans India
Hyderabad: Students from upper-caste families with less income have applied for EWS certificates to utilise it in the ongoing MBBS admissions where ...

India's answer to a capacity problem country-wide: Digi Yatra
International Airport Review
One of the initial challenges was the fact that we could not use the Aadhaar validation process due to regulatory issues that were raised by the ...

Central Scholarship Application For College, University Students Begins
NDTV
4. If Aadhaar is not available, then Bonafide student certificate from Institute / School and. 5. AadhaarEnrolment ID or Scanned copy of Bank passbook.

2013 BMC circular nipped citizens' complaints in bud
Times of India
To complain, a citizen had to mandatorily submit his identity card such as Aadhaar, proof of residential address, and telephone numbers of both home ...

UP: 5 arrested in Aligarh for duping people through fake websites
Yahoo News
"Rs 1.09 Lakh cash, two laptops, printer, 16 cell phones, 19 ATM cards, 7 SIM cards, 14 passbooks, 12 cheque books, three Aadhaar cards, two PAN ...

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill: What are the proposed changes that motorists should know
Moneycontrol.com
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari tabled the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in Lok Sabha on July 15. Here are ...

Finance Bill amends 7 direct, indirect taxation laws: Sitharaman
Outlook India
... agenda on tackling black money, the TDS on tax withdrawal from banks, compulsory filing of returns, quoting of PAN and Aadhaar and so on.

Labourers told to avail government facilities
The Hans India
Vijayawada: Labour Commissioner D Varaprasad said that the government was implementing many schemes for the workers to get medical facilities ...

FASTags Will Be Compulsory For Every Vehicle In India; Every Toll Plaza Will Be FASTag Enabled
Trak.in (blog)
Govt. of India has declared that FASTags, which are Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, will be made mandatory for every vehicle in ...

Fake forms sold out to parents of a non-existent scheme
Yahoo News
... this fake scheme form also asks the applicants to provide his personal details including his qualification, Aadhaar card details, bank account details.
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