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, September 6, 2019

14252 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 5th September 2019


Passport-like Aadhaar centre opens in Chennai: Online appointment booking starts
Livemint
NEW DELHI : Updating address and mobile number in your Aadhaar card records is now easier as the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) ...

Aadhaar is secure, says ex-UIDAI chief
Times of India
Hyderabad: Allaying fears about the critical data of over 120 crore Aadhaar enrolees being vulnerable to cyber attacks, former Unique Identification ...

Busan Film Festival 2019: Vineet Singh's 'Aadhaar' and Adil Hussain's 'Raahgir' to premiere at the ...
WION
Starring Vineet Kumar Singh, 'Aadhaar' is set to premiere on October 6 at the festival which will run from October 3 to 12. The film has been directed by ...

Aadhaar to premiere at Busan International Film Festival
The Indian Express
Vineet Kumar Singh starrer Aadhaar will have its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival in October. Produced by Drishyam Films and Jio ...

Woman gets arrear ration of 3yrs after PDS-Aadhaar linkage issue gets exposed
OrissaPOST
Jagatsinghpur: Integration of Aadhaar with public distribution system (PDS) was supposed to bring transparency into the process giving the deserving ...

The first poster of Aadhaar released, Vineet Singh looks very serious!
News Track English
On the other hand, the first poster of Vineet's new film 'Aadhaar' has also been released and Vineet's new avatar is being seen in the poster. In the ...

Uttar Pradesh: This female cop is being showered with praises on Teachers' Day; here is why
MyNation
But the school authorities deny entry to these students as they did not have an Aadhaar card. Currently, Guddan has filed an appeal to provide

India launches crowd-sourced election roll update
Biometric Update
Some officials in India's government have also considered using Aadhaar to streamline updates to the country's voter rolls, and the Electoral ...

Tamil Nadu wants Centre to pay for free rice
The Hindu
[According to the PDS portal of the State government, https://tnpds.gov.in, around 6.6 crore Aadhaar numbers have been registered out of 6.67 crore ...

Provident Fund withdrawal rules 2019: Claim your money online; follow this process
Financial Express
However, only those members can submit PF withdrawal claim online who have authenticated Aadhaar and bank details seeded against their UAN.

Opinion | Modi 2.0 scores impressively on politics if not on economics
Livemint
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was tweaked to shorten the resolution period, the Aadhaar Act was amended to allow private businesses such ...

Cops force marriage on couple, man seeks help
The New Indian Express
The duo met when the woman wanted to change the spelling of her surname in her Aadhaar card. The man, Sanjay (name changed), was an agent

Awareness meet on electoral roll revision held
The Hindu
... as passport, driver's license, Aadhaar, ration card, bank passbook, farmer's identity card, or identity card for government/semi-government officials.

After BSY's 'Keep Your Ideas to Yourself' Diktat, Minister Makes U-turn on Liquor at Doorstep Plan
News18
The NGO had recommended department to make Aadhaar card mandatory for those who buy liquors. Reacting to this Nagesh said, there is no such ...

Suman's 'Adhaar' makes it to the Busan film fest
Times of India
It tells the story of the first man in Jharkhand who received Aadhaar card. Initially, he had no such plan to make a Hindi film but somehow this particular ...

Recruitment scam: Probe heat on two officials
The New Indian Express
Gupta alleged that a large of number of Aadhaar cards, with bogus Delhi addresses, were made for persons belonging to Rajasthan at an Aadhaar ...

Justice Liberhan loses Rs 2.25 lakh in online fraud
The Tribune
... who claimed to be a bank employee and told him that his debit card had been blocked as the bank account was not linked with the Aadhaar card.

As Narmada dam fills, villages go under
The Hindu
When just a day remained, he gathered courage and rowed a boat back to salvage his Aadhaar card; but it was too late by then. A month later, Mr.

Short trip to retrieve essential items from home in Bowbazar
Telegraph India
... on Wednesday, they could bring back some bank documents, prescriptions, PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, saris and garments in three plastic packets.

BJP seeks CBI probe into 'multi-crore bus marshal recruitment scam'
The Hindu
He claimed that those being appointed were issued forged Aadhaar cards, voter IDs and domicile certificates on government holidays between August ...

Justice Liberhan takes 'bank call', loses ₹2.25 lakh
Hindustan Times
He told police that he received a call from a man on July 1 informing him that his debit card had been blocked as he had not updated his Aadhaar ...

Here's how you can book an online appointment in AIIMS Delhi
Newsd.in
In this fast-growing digitally equipped world, everything is just a click away. Booking an appointment to the hospital can be done online now and also ...

Time to wind up the SIT on black money
Economic Times (blog)
By introducing the goods and services tax (GST), with its multiple audit trails, and the linking of bank accounts with Aadhaar, it is possible to track the ...

Panel On Fintech Submits Report To The FM
Outlook India
Indian citizens who sign up for a DigiLocker account get a dedicated cloud storage space that is linked to their Aadhaar or Unique Identification ...

Gurugram: Driver hired through online portal flees with car
Times of India
GURUGRAM: A driver, hired for a day through an online platform, was booked for fleeing with the car of the director of a consultancy company.

Digital incentives: Banks may seek framework to carry out zero-MDR order
Financial Express
... with annual turnover more than `50 crore shall offer low-cost digital modes of payment, such as BHIM UPI, UPI-QR Code, Aadhaar Pay, debit cards, ...

MIBL, AISECT to make customised group health insurance product
Daily Pioneer
... facilitate services related to Skill development, education, Training, Financial Inclusion, Aadhaar Card, Passport, PAN Card and other various online ...

Govt likely to move SC for more clarity on NRC appeal deadline
United News of India
“The NRC data will be secured like Aadhaar Data and it is time taking procedure. Those who have been excluded in the final list need a certified copy ...

Hundreds Homeless After Digging For Kolkata Metro Tunnel Hits Water Body
NDTV
We could not take anything - no medicines, no prescriptions and no Aadhaar card. We have come to try and recover it," his wife, Manisha added.

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