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, August 30, 2019

14245 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 30th August 2019


Aadhaar continues to evolve and grow as India issues biometric seafarers' ID
Biometric Update
Aadhaar adoption has not been slowed by its severance from private use by the Supreme Court, and the system is up to 1.24 billion people ...
The new era of digital identification - Moneycontrol.com

All residents of an MP village have the same date of birth on their Aadhaar
Business Standard
Kakra village in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district is unique in a way. Almost all the residents of this village have the same birthday, January 1, ...

How Aadhaar has aggravated women's social problems
National Herald
Originally conceived as tool to facilitate disbursal of welfare schemes to the deserving, mishandling of Aadhaar by authorities has turned it into an ...

Coming near you: An Aadhaar card centre
Ahmedabad Mirror
The planning department of the AMC will set up Aadhaar centres in each of the 48 wards in the city to facilitate citizens. At present there are only 30 ...

Aadhaar card update: HDFC bank unveils new service; can you benefit too? Find out
Zee Business
UIDAI has many services to ease the burden of the public. In this process, it has started yet another creditable service. Now, people can update their ...

Aadhaar to those who get entry in final NRC those who can't prove citizenship can't get it
THE WEEK
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Aadhaar cards will be issued to all those who were excluded in the draft NRC but could get entry in the final list to be ...

Income Tax Return 2019: Filing ITR without Aadhaar is possible, but who can do it?
Financial Express
The fields to mention the Aadhaar number and the Aadhaar enrollment number (i.e. Aadhaar application number along with date and time of ...
ITR filing: What are the new changes in tax laws that will come into effect from Sep 1? - Oneindia

Cleaning voters lists... minus Aadhaar!
The Hindu
Immediate resonance could be in cleaning up electoral lists as the Aadhaar biometrics identity link-up was halted by the Supreme Court.

Curious Case of Aadhaar: How a Woman's Name Came in the Way of Her Daughters' Education in ...
News18
The authorities denied them permission because the mother's name appearing on their Aadhaar card is different from the name mentioned in the

Mumbai: Now, show Aadhaar card if you want to donate blood
Mid-Day
Donating blood, that is already in short supply, just got a little tougher. From now on, one will need to submit one's Aadhaar card or voter ID card for ...

AADHAAR LINK TO SOCIAL MEDIA A PIPE DREAM
Kashmir Times
Modi government continues to push its programme for getting Aadhaar linked to social media accounts of users, such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp ...

Blood banks advised to ask for donors' Aadhaar cards
Times of India
MUMBAI: Blood banks could ask donors to give a copy of their Aadhaar card or any other photo-identity card in order to get their correct names and ...

Happy Birthday To All Of Us! Residents Of This Village In MP Have The Same Date Of Birth
India Times
They happen to have the same date of birth on their Aadhaar cards. Celebrating birthday with the whole village, exciting enough? Kallo Adivasi - who ...

Madhya Pradesh/ Aadhaar Card mandatory to eat bhandara at Mandsaur's Pashupatinath Temple ...
DBPOST
Everyday food was made for outside devotees in Bhandara but locals used to come and eat; Many people stopped cooking in their home; Collector

These 6 changes in income tax rules to be effective from September 1
Times Now
PAN-Aadhaar link: Prior to changes announced in Budget 2019, PAN would have become invalid if not linked with Aadhaar by September 30, 2019 as ...

UP: 8-Yr-Old Dies After Being Denied Rabies Vaccination For Lack Of Aadhaar, Govt Orders Probe
The Logical Indian
The officials asked them to come the next day with Aadhaar card for the vaccine. When Ramveer took his daughter the next day with the Aadhaar card ...

Kundapur taluk panchayat meeting – Repeated absence of tahsildar causes anguish
Daijiworld.com
Taluk panchayat member Jagadish Devadiga said that Aadhaar problem in Byndoor taluk center is acute. “There is only one centre for Aadhaar ...

Why the promised Right to Privacy and Data Protection Law hasn't been enacted yet
Business Today
"A Bench of three judges of this court, while considering the constitutional challenge to the Aadhaar card scheme of the Union government, noted in its ...

Your Paytm, PhonePay, Amazon Pay, other mobile wallet accounts could be blocked from ...
Zee Business
Mobile wallets operated by companies like Paytm, PhonePay etc., were banking heavily on Aadhaar Card number for e-KYC, but they got barred from ...

SSC NR Admit Card 2019 for CGL Tier 2 Exam: Download SSC CGL 2 Admit Card @sscnr.net.in
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 .

What are the documents required for personal loan?
Moneycontrol.com
Address proof: Apart from Aadhaar, voter ID and driving licence, you can also submit a copy of your ration card, passport, rent agreement or any utility ...

IT Minister Watch: a running report of tech policy statements made by India's IT minister Ravi ...
MediaNama.com
IT Minister RS Prasad said that platforms like Aadhaar and UPI have a “global resonance” and politicians from Africa and the Middle East have told ...

Relief for Mobile wallets: RBI gives cos time till February 28 next year to comply with KYC norms
Economic Times
Subsequently, the RBI notified these companies that all customer accounts that were vetted using Aadhaarshould be reduced to minimum KYC ...

Deadline ends on August 31; Get your KYC done for Paytm, PhonePe and other mobile wallets in 3 ...
CNBCTV18
These wallets operated by the companies were banking big time on Aadhaar card number for e-KYC. However, after the Supreme Court verdict on the ...

Adopted Islam out of my own free will: Sikh girl after family alleges forced conversion in Pakistan
India Today
Aadhaar cards will be issued to all those who were excluded in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) but could get entry in the final list to be ...

Government kicks off exercise to check discrepancies in PM-Kisan
Financial Express
In the first four months period of disbursal —December-March (2018-19) — Aadhaar number was not mandatory while in the second period ...

Digital payment volumes set to grow at 20% per annum: Report
Financial Express
... Aadhaar-linked electronic payments and improvement of the digital infrastructure, it said. Globally, digital payments market size is expected to touch ...

JUH launches national campaign to build awareness among Muslims on NPR
Times of India
This time, biometric data obtained through Aadhaar will be added to the demographic data of the NPR for a comprehensive identity database of all the ...
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