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

Sunday, September 22, 2019

14265 - Aadhaar Related Articles dated 21st September 2019


Aadhaar card address change: How to change it online, offline
Livemint
Have you recently shifted or relocated to a new residential address? Are you facing problem in updating your address on your Aadhaar card?

Aadhaar-Social Media Linking Case: Petitioner Wants to Verify Accounts Using Govt IDs
Inc42 Media
The petition seeking to link of Aadhaar was originally filed in the Madras High Court. The petitioner has now demanded to replace “Aadhaar” with any ...

Voters hesitant to provide Aadhaar details to surveyors
Times of India
However, field surveyors tasked with verifying and rectifying data are finding it difficult to convince people to provide photocopies of their Aadhaar card ...

Now, You Can Change Your Address on Aadhaar Online, Here's How
News18
Aadhaar card holders will no longer have to stand in long queues and pay any charge to get their address changed on the identity card. The Unique ...

In-principle decision to link Aadhaar with GST registration
Economic Times
The GST Council on Friday took an in principle decision to link Aadhaar with registration of taxpayers under GST and also examine the possibility of ...

PM-Kisan: Centre tells states to speed up Aadhaar verification
Financial Express
The Centre has asked states to speed up the Aadhaar verification process in the next two weeks before Dussehra holidays begin, so that the ...

Postal accounts to be linked with Aadhaar for transparency
All India Radio
He said on an average, one thousand Aadhaar cards will be made at this centre and other facilities will be also available. Mr Prasad said 114 such ...

Aadhaar may be made 'mandatory' for claiming GST refunds: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
India TV
The Goods and Services Tax Council chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday took an in-principle decision to link Aadhaar ...

Mastercard, ACPL back Syntizen for Aadhaar-based digital ID product
The Paypers
Syntizen Technologies, a digital identity provider, has received pre-series A funding from Mastercard and ACPL to strengthen its Aadhaar-based ...

Social Media & Aadhaar: Regulating Online Content
India Legal
In July 2018, two writ petitions were filed in the Madras High Court praying for interlinking Aadhaar with social media. It is undeniable that many social ...

Yet Another Data Leak In Indian Government Database, Exposes Multiple Citizen IDs
Inc42 Media
Since then, multiple twitter users replied to Elliot tweet, confirming that they were able to access multiple PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, financial ...

GST Council doubles tax on caffeinated beverages, slashes hotel tariffs; takes in-principle decision ...
Firstpost
Nirmala Sitharaman said caffeinated beverages will be charged with 28 percent tax plus a 12 percent compensation cess in place of the current tax ...
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Unable To Get Aadhaar Card Error Rectified, Muslim Man Commits Suicide Fearing NRC Trouble
The Logical Indian
Muslim youth in West Bengal's Murshidabad district committed suicide fearing implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bengal ...

What is mAadhaar: All you need to know about the mAadhaar app
Scroll.in
mAadhaar is the official mobile app from Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide an interface to Aadhaar holders to carry their ...

EPFO notifies interest hike for FY19; here's how you can check balance
Business Today
Once you click on it, you will be redirected to a page that will ask for details such as an EPF member ID or linked Aadhaar/PAN number and your date ...

Aadhaar Safari Game by Elliot Alderson Revealing Data Leak on Government Websites is Helping ...
LatestLY
"Two days ago, I started a new game called Aadhaar Safari. ... Aadhaar Data Breach: Meet Elliot Alderson, The French Android Developer Exposing ...

Syntizen Receives Pre-Series A Funding from Mastercard to Drive Global Expansion
findBIOMETRICS
It's unclear how Syntizen's technology would work globally once it moves beyond its current Aadhaar context, but there are still plenty of opportunities ...

Good news for Provident Fund account holders! EPFO launches this CRITICAL facility; here's how ...
Zee Business
This facility can be used by the members whose Aadhaar is linked to the PF account and have been verified on the service portal of members. Now PF ...

45 lakh LPG consumers did not get subsidy for April, May
The New Indian Express
While 20.5 lakh gas connections are yet to be linked with Aadhaar, which is mandatory to receive subsidy, a whopping 25.31 lakh consumers have not ...

Cataract Surgery Could Confuse Biometric Identification
The Wire
Cataract and Aadhaar. After an initial analysis, the Indian and American scientists used three iris sensors and two commercial iris biometric matchers ...

Body found at Nagarjuna's farm was of man who killed himself in 2016: Police
The News Minute
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shamshabad, Prakash Reddy, investigations were taken up on the basis of an Aadhaar card and ...


Constitution: Our last refuge
Mumbai Mirror
The Constitution of India, an expression of protest against Aadhaar and for pathalgari, a desire to expand rural banks. What does the police brand ...

Nandan Nilekani on failure and the key lesson he learnt from his own
YourStory.com
... leaders are no strangers to failure -- something even the likes of Infosys Co-founder and Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani have known. And yet ...

Failed transactions: RBI asks banks to strictly enforce reversal time; pay to customers for delay
Financial Express
... for UPI payments to merchants (T+5 days), for Aadhaar enabled payment systems (including Aadhaar Pay) (T+5 days), for Aadhaar Payment Bridge ...


To Enter This Temple In Bandipur Reserve, You Need To Have Aadhaar
inUth.com
People living in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka will now have to furnish their Aadhar cards in order to pray at a temple. According to forest officials ...

Chennai-based KPost says traceability is possible, wants to be impleaded in WhatsApp case
MediaNama.com
The company had obtained sanction from the UIDAI to link Aadhaar to register and open an account with the platform, but the UIDAI revoked this ...

Social media companies can't escape responsibility for spread of fake news: Madras HC
Hindustan Times
Initially, he sought a direction to make Aadhaar seeding mandatory for social media accounts to trace and prevent cyber crimes. On Thursday, he had ...

India Plans to Open Bidding for Massive Face Recognition Surveillance System
findBIOMETRICS
The Unique Identification Authority of India has had to account for several breaches of the country's Aadhaar program, including allegations that ...

Merit List Of Andhra Pradesh Grama Sachivalayam Recruitment Sent to District Head Quarters
The Hans India
The merit lists of candidates who have qualified in the written exams of Andhra Pradesh Grama Secretariat jobs have been sent to the respective

Zomato delivery boy robbed
The Tribune
He told the police that after thrashing him, they snatched his mobile phone and wallet, which had a driving licence, ATM card, Aadhaar card, PAN card ...
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