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

Saturday, July 27, 2019

14211 - Aadhaar Related Articles Dated 26th July 2019


The Aadhaar Amendment Act: Loophole galore
Times of India (blog)
The first head is that to understand what Aadhaar is, it is first necessary to appreciate what it is not and was never intended to be! Two Supreme Court ...

Perspective | AADHAAR: The Offer You Can't Refuse
India Today
Now, the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, will allow banks and telcos the 'voluntary' use of the 12-digit number as a form of identity ...

Plea against Aadhaar-vote link
Telegraph India
At least 200 politicians, former bureaucrats, activists, academics, artistes and civil society groups have written to the Election Commission urging the ...

All Aadhaar issues have been settled: Nandan Nilekani
Economic Times
Aadhaar Architect Nandan Nilekani says all issues around Aadhaar have now been settled with the parliament passing amendment bill and the ...

Gang arrested in Raigad for modifying details on Aadhaar cards to sell land owned by dead people
The Hindu
The Raigad Local Crime Branch (LCB) has busted a racket and arrested seven people who misused the e-Seva facility meant for Aadhaar cards to ...

Proposals related to Aadhaar to be presented by Indians at the Yoti Fellowship Programme
DATAQUEST
Exploring the potential of Aadhaar which primarily started with Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) to the marginalized and disadvantaged groups. It is still ...

Parivar Pehchan Patra: Providing Aadhaar details purely voluntary, says Haryana CM Khattar
MyNation
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday (July 25) said providing Aadhaar card details to government officials for ...

Linking voter IDs with Aadhaar numbers: Over 200 concerned citizens write to ECI
The Leaflet
Urging the ECI to seek a dismissal of the Upadhyay petition, the individuals said that Aadhaar linkage would harm the right to vote that Indian citizens ...

India- More than 22 lakh new MSMEs registered on Udyog Aadhaar Portal from March 2018 to ...
MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN - KNN India) More than 22 lakh new MSMEs registered on Udyog Aadhaar Portal from March 2018 to March 2019. New Delhi, July 26 ...

PAN Changes You Need To Know To Avoid Penalty
Goodreturns
PAN to be made invalid if not linked to aadhaar: In accordance with section 139AA (2), the PAN allotted will be considered as invalid in case the ...

Providing Aadhaar details for ''parivar pehchan patra'' purely voluntary: Khattar
Outlook India
Chandigarh, Jul 25 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said providing Aadhaar details to government officials for preparing ...

10 Things You Should Know Before Filing Income Tax Return (ITR)This Year
NDTV
This means that who do not have PAN (Permanent Account Number) card can file income tax returns by quoting their Aadhaar number. After filing ITR ...

India to disrupt global FinTech ecosystem with data empowerment architecture Sahamati
IBS Intelligence (blog)
After Aadhaar, and UPI (unified payment interface), India has come out with first of its kind of architecture that would empower individuals and ...

India Enables Consent-Based Financial Data Sharing
Regulation Asia
The platform was unveiled by Nandan Nilekani, the architect of India's Aadhaar system and former chairman of UIDAI (the Unique Identification ...

SEBI's Madhabi Puri Buch lauds new account aggregator for potential to drive financial inclusion ...
YourStory.com
The launch of the new account aggregator (AA) platform by Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani in Mumbai on Thursday that promises to give users full ...

There Might Be A Way To Trace The Origin Of A WhatsApp Message, And India Might Employ It Soon
India Times
The Internet Freedom Foundation, which intervened in the initial PIL, is also opposed to the proposal to link Aadhaar to social media accounts, saying ...

Mantra Biometric Devices Employed by Uttar Pradesh Government Food Distribution System
PR.com (press release)
Thus, by implementing the Aadhaar biometric identification system, ... Government has implemented Mantra's Aadhaar-enabled biometric devices in ...

Free power to ST households extended to 200 units per month
The Hindu
The Discoms and rural electricity supply companies were ordered to obtain and enter in the scheme the Aadhaar numbers, mobile numbers, caste ...

Trafficked years ago, Bangladeshi girl to return home soon
The Hindu
However, the couple got estranged following differences. “Ayesha got an Aadhaar card in which the name of the spouse was entered as Rajiv Ghosh.

Facial recognition systems at IGI airport to be operational from next month: report
MediaNama.com
Second, the Union government has been claiming, with a thump on the chest, that 123 crore Aadhaar cards have been issued to people. At its heart ...

NDA is now NDA-Plus
Times of India (blog)
Even the Aadhaar Act had to be passed as a money bill to escape Rajya Sabha scrutiny. The election of JD(U)'s Harivansh as deputy chairman of ...

Now, people can submit driving license or voter ID for renewal of ration card
The Hitavada
Driving license or xerox copy of voter ID can also be submitted if there is no photocopy of Aadhaar card for the renewal of ration card in the camps.

Rajkot: PDS scam leads to cryptocurrency racket
Times of India
Along with pilfering foodgrains by using a parallel software and rigging the existing online Aadhaar-card based system, these persons are also ...

A Documented Society – Part II
The New Leam (press release)
The first official that we met, informed us that the Birth Certificate of the child and his Aadhaar card shall be required for admission. However, K did-not ...

Woman killed, 2 others injured as bus hits motorcycle in Palamu
United News of India
The deceased has been identified as Pramila Devi, the woman with her sister and her son was going to get her Aadhaar card made when on the ...

Karnataka: There's lot in a name for Yediyurappa, who drops 'd' and adds 'i' to his name
Times of India
According to his aides, he was advised after two different spellings had led to confusion pertaining to his bank accounts and Aadhaar card.

Lakhs of kgs of PDS grain stolen
Times of India
Explaining their modus operandi, police said the accused issued coupons based on Aadhaar verification and accordingly distributed the food grains ...

Aurangabad banker's wife duped of Rs 36000 by tele-phishers
Times of India
She wanted to check whether her Aadhaar number was linked to her bank account. She ws searching for the bank's customer care number on a ...

Digital India, Digital Payments to ensure people can benefit more from technology in rural areas ...
Zee Business
Thakur further said that by applying Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and Aadhaar-linked Payments (ALP), the government has reduced delays in the ...

The Amendments to the Right to Information Act are Unconstitutional
Live Law
This is, of course, the Aadhaar Judgment (Puttaswamy II). Recall that in Aadhaar, the Supreme Court found that several aspects of the Aadhaar Act ...
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