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

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

14268 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 24th September 2019


Aadhaar card now for NRIs on arrival: 5 things to know
Livemint
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) holding Indian passport can apply for Aadhaar on arrival. Now, they no longer have to wait for 180 days in order to get ...

PAN-Aadhaar linking: What will happen if PAN is not linked with Aadhaar by September 30?
Economic Times
If you do not link your PAN with Aadhaar by September 30, then your PAN will become inoperative from October 1. Earlier the rule was that, if your ...

A polity drunk on Aadhaar
Deccan Herald
The Karnataka excise department is seriously examining the proposal of an NGO to link the sale of liquor to the Aadhaar number as a way to check the ...

Aadhaar's Kenyan cousin, Huduma Namba faces constitutional test in court
THE WEEK
[File] Much like Aadhaar, NIIMS involves collecting biometric data after which the systems generate a unique number that will enable access to ...

UIDAI nod to 'voluntary' use of Aadhaar for National Population Register rollout
Economic Times
Once Aadhaar details are included, the NPR database would contain demographic as well as biometric particulars. “It will include 15 categories of ...

Opinion | Aadhaar Mark 2
Livemint
Nothing is novel about home minister Amit Shah's proposal of a “multipurpose ID card" for Indians, a card designed to subsume all other identification ...

Govt must decide on Aadhaar-social media link issue: SC
Deccan Herald
The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that technology has taken a "dangerous turn" and asked the Centre to apprise it within three weeks about ...

#Rethink Aadhaar: An year after SC's Aadhaar judgment, we need to keep talking about Aadhaar
National Herald
Aadhaar was never only about empowering people but instead about reducing nuance to utter illegibility while pushing inexorably towards extreme ...

Aadhaar Card, Driving Licence linking necessary to avoid forgery, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Zee Business
Aadhaar Card, Driving Licence linking: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that Aadhar Card and Driving License (DL) linking is aimed ...

Indian expats in Gulf can now apply for Aadhaar card
ArabianBusiness.com
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) with valid Indian passport will be allowed to apply for Aadhaar – the biometric ID card in India - on arrival in the country, ...

NRIs in UAE can now apply for Aadhaar card
MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Non-resident Indians (NRIs) can now apply for Aadhaar, India's unique identity card, on arrival or by scheduling a prior .

UP: Gang making, selling fake Aadhaar cards busted, 2 held
Times of India
MEERUT: Two persons, who were working like an organised gang, were on Monday arrested for allegedly making and issuing fake Aadhaar card.

One nation, one card? Amit Shah floats idea of an all-in-one ID; here are the problems with that idea
MediaNama.com
“If the census of 2021 takes place properly, and if we're able to make a proper digital format for it, then your Aadhaar card, electoral photo identity card, ...

One more one from Amit Shah: Now it's identity card
Telegraph India
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday suggested a single, multipurpose identity card for citizens covering “all utilities” from Aadhaar to banking ...

State bought bogus system for Huduma number listing
The Standard
Anand cited changes in human being, the system giving two different results to the same person and failure by a similar project, Aadhaar, in India and ...

Explained: Is India likely to have a multipurpose national ID card?
The Indian Express
In other words, a single card that has your bank card, voter id card, Aadhaar card, and passport. Amit Shah said the forthcoming digital Census will ...

Amit Shah moots all-in-one ID cards
Daily Pioneer
Multipurpose card to replace voter ID, PAN, Aadhaar, passport a possibility, says HM. A single multipurpose identity card for citizens for all utilities like ...

PAN-Aadhaar Linking Deadline Expires on September 30, Here's What Might Happen if PAN ...
LatestLY
Mumbai, September 24: With the last date of Permanent Account Number (PAN)-Aadhaar linking inching towards its deadline on September 30, ...

Centre to start open registration under PM-KISAN to speed up disbursements
Business Standard
That apart, the Centre has directed state governments and banks to speed up demographic Aadhaar authentication to ensure that it is seeded with ...

Uttarakhand BJP expels Ajay Sonkar from party after his name surfaces in illicit liquor tragedy
India Today
... Authority of India (UIDAI) has come out with a circular stating that "NRI, after his arrival in India, shall be entitled to obtain Aadhaar number".

Passport, Aadhaar, PAN, all in one : Amit Shah moots idea of multipurpose ID Card [HD] (Video)
SocialNews.XYZ
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Two held for making fake Aadhaar cards in UP's Meerut
Devdiscourse
Police claimed to have busted a gang making fake Aadhaar cards with the arrest of two people here. The duo was arrested from Rijhani village under ...

Mutipurpose-card for citizens, now?
Free Press Journal
"Why can't we have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence and elections? There should be a system under ...

The big news: Modi made 'very aggressive statement' in Houston, says Trump, and 9 other top stories
Scroll.in
Linking Aadhaar to driving licence will be made mandatory to stop forgery, says Ravi Shankar Prasad: The government discontinued the process of ...

Multi-purpose ID card may replace all others: HM
Millennium Post
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday mooted the idea of a multi-purpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, ...

Over 1.73 lakh children living in child care institutions get Aadhaar cards
Devdiscourse
Over 1.73 lakh children living in child care institutions in 22 states have been provided Aadhaar cards to make them more self-reliant, officials said on ...

IRCTC: Here You Can Check All The Latest Updates And Announcements
Republic World
If you're booking up to six tickets in an entire month, then no Aadhaar Verification is required. However, users can link their Aadhaar card in order to ...

Top five news stories to watch out for on September 24, 2019
The Hindu BusinessLine
... by Facebook to call forth petitions pending in various high courts concerning the linking of social media users' accounts with their Aadhaar numbers.

Not got your income tax refund yet? Here's how you can raise a re-issue request
Economic Times
Choose the appropriate mode of e-Verification, Generate and enter Electronic Verification Code (EVC)/Aadhaar OTP as applicable to proceed with the ...

Seven dance bars in Capital get conditional permission
The New Indian Express
... 21 years can be engaged as dancers, the dancers will have to provide their voter identity card, Aadhaar card, photos and other details to the bars.

Men cannot chart development path for women, leave it to them: Mohan Bhagwat
THE WEEK
Manisha Kotekar, the project director for the study, said, "The study also found that 90.62 per cent had an Aadhaar card showing its reach, while 79 per ...
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