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, September 24, 2019

14267 - Aadhaar Articles Dayed 23rd September 2019


Aadhaar card is now mandatory for nominees of your EPF account
Livemint
The EPFO has started a new e-nomination functionality on its website but to do that you not only need your EPF account to be linked to Aadhaar but ...

Indian expats in UAE can now apply for Aadhaar card
Gulf News
Dubai: Non-Resident Indians, including Indian expats in the UAE, with valid passports can now apply for Aadhaar, India's unique identity card which ...

Aadhaar biometric services expand to 'mobile ATMs' as credentials could be unified
Biometric Update
The digital census being undertaken for India's National Population Registry (NPR), which link residents biometric and biographic details, could

Over 1.73 lakh children living in child care institutions get Aadhaar cards
Financial Express
The Aadhaar cards are also being linked to the Track Child portal to bolster the information base on the number of children under institutional care, the 

Seeking to secure: on linking Aadhaar-GST registration
The Hindu
Ever since the Centre and the States passed the landmark legislation in 2016 adopting a single countrywide Goods and Services Tax (GST), the

Linking Aadhaar to driving licence will be made mandatory to stop forgery, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Scroll.in
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said driving licences will be linked to Aadhaar to curb forgery cases, The Indian Express reported on 

How to Change Address on Aadhaar Card Online and Offline
The Hans India
Now no need to worry, the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) is providing two ways to change the address on your Aadhaar card. You can ...

Fraudsters selling stolen vehicles on OLX using fake Aadhaar cards caught by police
MediaNama.com
He also said that these people allegedly created fake documents including Aadhaar cards to carry out the fraud. UP police's PRO confirmed to ...

Aadhaar will be linked to driving licence to avoid forgery: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The Indian Express
Aadhaar Card-Driving License Link: "Duplicate driving license could not be made if Aadhar becomes mandatory for it. Aadhar is playing a vital role in ...

Top news today evening: Pak reactivates Balakot camp, Aadhaar to be linked with DL
The Indian Express
From the Pakistan reactivating Balakot terror camp to Virat Kohli being reprimanded by ICC after physical contact with Beuran Hendricks, here are the ...

Two held for making fake Aadhaar cards in UP's Meerut
THE WEEK
Two held for making fake Aadhaar cards in UP's Meerut. PTI September 23 ... One of the accused, Pankaj, earlier ran an Aadhaar centre, police said.


Aadhaar based KYC for effortless Mutual Funds deals
The Hans India
September of last year, the Supreme Court (SC) has disallowed Aadhaar as an authentication for KYC. Prior to that, the Know Your Customer (KYC)

Social security schemes: DSSOs told to ensure 100% Aadhaar seeding
OrissaPOST
Bhubaneswar: Following the direction of the Centre for seeding of Aadhaar data of the state's pensioners under social security schemes, the District

Two held for making fake Aadhaar cards in UP''s Meerut
Outlook India
Meerut, Sep 23 (PTI) Police claimed to have busted a gang making fake Aadhaar cards with the arrest of two people here. The duo was arrested from

'Don't transfer the WhatsApp traceability case,' Internet Freedom Foundation asks Supreme Court
MediaNama.com
The Madras HC has already dismissed the prayer to link Aadhaar with social media accounts; Such a transfer would deprive ordinary Indian internet

Connecting dots to automate digital payments
Livemint
BENGALURU : Digital services have made great inroads into India with the triumvirate of mobile phones, Aadhaar and unified payments interface

Push for basic income
The Hindu BusinessLine
For instance, before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Modi was one of the staunchest critics of Aadhaar and Goods and Services Tax (GST). Yet, within

PM Kisan scheme may continue for some years: Official
The Hindu BusinessLine
But the Aadhaar verification has been done only for 6.5 crore beneficiaries. We hope to reach the 8 crore level in the next 30 days and this process

Cong opposes Goa govt's move on Aadhaar at employment exchange
Devdiscourse
The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP-led Goa government of violating a Supreme Court order by making Aadhaar compulsory for online

Bodies of Odisha girl, youth found hanging in Jagdalpur
Daily Pioneer
Police also found an Aadhaar card from the bag. Tracking down the address mentioned in the Aadhaar card, the police came to know that the girl was

PM-Kisan Yojana: Common Services Centres Asked To Update Data of Eligible Farmers
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
A senior agriculture department official said that “Since the third instalment has to be given only after Aadhaar authentication, we have to verify data .

NATGRID rollout by early next year
The Tribune
The officials said the database had a pool of mobile numbers, vehicle numbers, passport numbers, Aadhaar numbers, arms licences, bank accounts, 

Panchkula: FIR for using faking ID to secure bail
Times of India
PANCHKULA: A resident of Rohtak moved a complaint with the police stating that an unknown person is "cheating" the court by using his Aadhaar .

Grama Sachivalayam Recruitment: Finally, The Officials Have Uploaded The Call Letters of all The ...
The Hans India
At last, after a wide range of scrutiny, the merit list of qualified candidates was uploaded in Website. The Panchayati Raj Commissioner Girija Shankar

Sri Lankan national held with forged documents in Trichy
Times of India
TRICHY: The city police arrested a Sri Lankan Tamil on charges of getting Aadhaar, voter ID, ration card and passport by submitting bogus documents.

Over 5100 auto, cab owners apply for Rs 10000 government aid
The New Indian Express
... Meera Prasad has decided to create a help-desk to provide information about filing applications online and linking Aadhaar and white ration card to .

Multipurpose Card, NPR, Digital Census - Modi govt announces new plans
ummid.com
The Home Ministeralso proposed the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like passport, Aadhaar, driving licence and bank ...

Govt in fix: No takers of grant among drivers
Times of India
Transport department sought driving licence, vehicle registration certificate, white ration card, caste certificate, Aadhaar card and bank pass book from ...

Modi and Trump score from Howdy Modi, but what's in it for India?
Economic Times
The event was full of disingenuous boasts, as Modi appropriated all the advances in governance derived from Aadhaar and India Stack, which he had ...

Shame on BJP for creating panic over NRC in Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee
The New Indian Express
READ | Scared of NRC trouble, WB man kills self after failing to get Aadhaar card error rectified. The Assam Accord, an agreement signed in 1985 ...

Student NEET impersonation: Docs assn call for CBI inquiry
Times of India
... in Sivaganga on Sunday, he said that only students who produced a valid hall ticket and Aadhaar card were permitted to write the Neet examination.

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