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

Monday, August 12, 2019

14226 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 10th August 2019


TN govt makes Aadhaar enrolment compulsory for school students, sparks row
The News Minute
The School Education Department of Tamil Nadu has issued a circular pushing for Aadhaar enrolment for school students under the Samagra Shiksha ...

'JK move has support of common people, isolating the naysayers': Naqvi
Hindustan Times
Aadhaar cards, Jan Dhan accounts and digitised Waqf properties will be part of the Centre's outreach in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Union ...

Arun Jaitley's top achievements: From student leader in 1974 to Finance Minister in 2014
Business Today
... Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, implementing Jan Dhan and then carrying through Aadhaar-based direct benefit transfer to as many as 55 schemes ...

Pre-test census 2021 to begin from August 12 in Gurugram
Hindustan Times
Important numbers like Aadhaar, mobile, Voter ID, Passport, PAN and driving license will be collected voluntarily. The final data will be submitted on ...

Landslip victims waiting for return of their kin
The Hindu
She told him that she had to collect some documents, including Aadhaar card, if the family would be shifted from the area owing to a mild landslip on ...

LTCG tax on equities not only makes gains taxable, but makes their funds inaccessible for old ...
Financial Express
However, investors, who have moved out of India and may not have either PAN or Aadhaar or both, and, if they want to redeem their funds during their ...

'One nation, one ration card' pilot launched
Hindustan Times
The government is pushing states to link all ration cards across the country with Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric identity number, and states are ...

Future Innovations In Digital Payments Processing
BW Businessworld
The country has seen tremendous growth in the adoption of innovations such as UPI, Aadhaar Pay, QR code based payments, e-wallets etc. while ...

Minor girl 'kidnapped' from Sahnewal
The Tribune
Sahnewal, August 9. A 15-year-old minor girl was allegedly kidnapped by an identified miscreant on Wednesday. The girl's whereabouts still remain ...

Latest count is in: Desi cattle numbers continue to go downhill
The Indian Express
Also Read | Now, also an Aadhaar card for cattle and buffaloes. All this is clearly a reflection of farmer preference for animals yielding more milk.

Students don traditional attire at IIT-B convocation (Lead)
Newsd.in
Speaking of his experience in building Infosys and later the Aadhaar project, he said that large-scale development problems can be addressed using ...

Register names at District Employment Exchange Office
Star of Mysore
... appear at the office of the Deputy Director, Employment Exchange Department, N.R. Mohalla, on Aug.14 along with their Aadhaar card and voters ID ...

Ram Vilas Paswan inaugurates inter-State portability in two clusters of adjoining States of Andhra ...
5 Dariya News
Further, more than 85% ration cards (at least one member) in the country have been seeded with the Aadhaar numbers of the beneficiaries.

Medical Apathy in Haryana: Woman Delivers Stillborn Baby in Government Hospital Washroom
LatestLY
Aadhaar Card to Blame? Pregnant Woman Delivers Baby at Hospital Gate at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. The woman said that staff from the hospital in ...

Dimapur Government College inks MoU for skill development training
Eastern Mirror
The programme is also opened to anyone residing in Nagaland having a valid Aadhaar card. The selected candidates would be given free of cost skill ...

Dimapur Govt College signs MoU with ESTI
Morung Express
The programme is also open to anyone who is a resident of Nagaland having a valid Aadhaar card. The selected candidates will be given free of cost ...
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Naxal gunned down in Jharkhand, arms seized
New Kerala
Jharkhand , Aug 9 : A Naxal was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Tholkobera forest near Jharkhand's Khunti district on Friday.
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Earnest Partners Has Boosted Osi Systems (OSIS) Position by $1.88 Million; Market Value Rose ...
The NBO News
... 22/03/2018 – The Quint: #Aadhaar BREAKING: UIDAI CEO tells the Supreme Court that “100% biometric authentication is not possible”. Catch FB ...
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