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

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

14221 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 5th August 2019


National Population Register to include Aadhaar details
Economic Times
In 2009, the process of NPR updation clashed with the Aadhaar project under the UPA-2 government. A controversy had erupted over which scheme ...

Aadhaar- Based PDS has ushered in transparency, plugged pilferage
Elets (press release)
There are many urban districts where more than 95 percent of the transactions have taken place through Aadhaar. Although the new system has ...

Postcard movement held to stop loot in the name of Aadhaar
citytoday
The protesters said that elderly people and women stand in queues in front of Mysuru One office to get their Aadhaar card corrected. They said that the ...

Aadhaar Ventures India Ltd. - Board Meeting Intimation for Meeting Of The Board Of Directors Of ...
The Hindu BusinessLine
AADHAAR VENTURES INDIA LTD.has informed BSE that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled on 13/08/2019 ,inter alia, ...

Parents living out of home town? Here's how to submit life certificate online for pension
Times of India
2) After knowing the nearest CSC centre, you will have to visit the centre with the aadhaar card of the pensioner, PPO file or PPO file number and ...

How Bihar provides the template for schemes rolled out by NDA govt
Livemint
A case in point is Aadhaar. The idea of Aadhaar numbers, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was conceived during the rule ...

Indore: Woman duped of Rs 90000 by conmen
Free Press Journal
Indore: A woman was reportedly duped of Rs 90,000 by a conmen on the pretext of linking her bank account to Aadhaar number in Hira Nagar area.

Good News! Government Makes Important Changes in Life Certificate Rule for Pensioners; More ...
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
Adding to submitting the physical copy of life certificate pension form, one can even opt for 'Jeevan Pramaan' an Aadhaar based Digital Life Certificate ...
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Surrounded by cops, gangster shoots self
The Tribune
He was carrying a copy of his Aadhaar card, which identified him as Rajpal of Pandori Waraich village of Amritsar district, which as per cops was ...

Hyderabad: Rs 149 crore lost to fraud, netizens still unwary
Deccan Chronicle
... superintendent (cyber crimes) U. Rammohan says, “Fraudsters appro-ach the victim impersonating his or her bank manager, or an Aadhaar official, ..

41 bikes seized in cordon and search operation in Chittoor
The Hindu
The cops conducted a house-to-house search and verified Aadhaar and ration cards, as the village is known for harbouring stolen goods and giving ...

Why billionaire investor Vinod Khosla is betting big on AI, 3D printing for the future
YourStory.com
... the investor and bureaucrat who put India's Aadhaar system into place, Vinod spoke about how technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D ...

Student withdraws Rs 6.47L from school account, held
Daily Pioneer
On investigation, the police found that the aadhaar card of the student Jyoti Kumari was wrongly linked to the school's development fund account and ...

Digital Identity start-up Veri5Digital raises $2 mn in series A from Khosla Ventures
Moneycontrol.com
Veri5Digital, previously known as Aadhaar Bridge, is the undisputed leader in user on-boarding and verification space, with more than 2 Million ...

Farmers' bad loans bad news for BSY's welfare plans
Deccan Herald
A further six lakh farmers are due to get a similar amount waived, including 1.89 lakh farmers who are suspected to have submitted wrong Aadhaar, ...

J&K Bill proposes 7 more seats during delimitation
Deccan Herald
... which had granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, it also makes 106 central Acts, including RTI Act, Right to Education Act and Aadhaar Act, ...

AFCAT Admit Card 2019 Released @afcat.cdac.in; Check Details Here
Careers360
Details like name of the candidate, date of birth, parents' name, Aadhaar Card number, email ID, address, signature, photograph, date & time of the ...

CRISIL SME Tracker: Chinese slump a godsend for SMEs in chemicals industry
Business Standard
... MSMEs are major job providers in India and catalysts for growth; Business can be filed/registered online free of cost on the Udyog Aadhaar portal ...

Rise in fraud debits from banks, DSP stresses tech upgrade
Telegraph India
One call is all that's needed for the criminal to access the caller's Aadhaar card details, home address and bank account number. Then, it becomes ...

Nagaland: News in brief
Morung Express
DWO Peren informs NSAP beneficiaries. Peren, August 4 (MExN): DWO Peren, in a circular, has informed to all the pensioners under Peren District ...

New Bill To Be Boon For Traffic Management: DCP Prasanta Saikia
The Sentinel Assam
Talking to this reporter, the DCP highlighted the bright sides of the Bill like mandatory submission of Aadhaarfor driving licence and vehicle ...

AP Grama Sachivalayam Notification 2019: 9886 Animal Husbandry Assistant Vacancies and ...
AglaSem News
Several details such as name, gender, DOB, Aadhaar number and mobile number need to be submitted in form. In addition, one has to upload recent ...
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