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 27, 2019

14270 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 26th September 2019

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PAN-aadhaar Link: How to link and check status
India Today
PAN-aadhaar Link: The deadline to link your PAN Card with your Aadhaar Card is the end of this month. As per the latest notification issued by the ...

Your PAN card might turn useless if you don't link it to Aadhaar this month
Livemint
NEW DELHI : The deadline to link your Permanent Account Number (PAN) card with Aadhaar card is ending this month. According to a notification ...

Schools can approach SSPO for Aadhaar updation
Deccan Herald
N Sriharsha, Mangaluru division senior superintendent of post offices (SSPO), said that schools can approach him to update the Aadhaar details of the ...

A Year After Supreme Court Aadhaar Verdict, It's Business As Usual
HuffPost India
In the run-up to the Supreme Court judgement on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, exactly a year ago, there had already been many news reports ...

Andhra Pradesh: Now, students can register, update Aadhaar at schools
Times of India
VISAKHAPATNAM: The school education department of Andhra Pradesh, for the first time in the country, has launched an Aadhaar ...

Population register to include info on PAN, DL, voter ID, passport
Times of India
Sharing of Aadhaar number will be voluntary in view of the Supreme Court ... TOI has learnt that identification particulars such as Aadhaar number, ...

NPR process to include passport, voter ID, Aadhaar and other details
Business Standard
The National population Register (NPR), a database of every usual resident in the country, for the first time will include details of mobile number, ...

One Year After Aadhaar Judgement, We Are Still Not Listening
HuffPost India
Their scope, the majority said, “is not to be unduly expanded thereby widening the net of aadhaar”. And they allowed the mandating of the UID for filing ...

CBDT Says This About PAN-Aadhaar Linking Deadline
Goodreturns
PAN and aadhaar linkage is to be done by September 30, 2019, failing which your PAN will be rendered inoperative i.e. you will not be able to use it ...

What Will Happen if You Don't Link Your PAN to Aadhaar by 30 Sept?
The Quint
The last date to link your PAN card with Aadhaar card is 30 September, according to a notification issued by the finance ministry on 31 March 2019.

Government Of AP Regulated Onion Prices: To Sell Them Based On Aadhaar Cards
The Hans India
It was decided to sell these by the Dwakra associations at the Raithu bazaars. The price is quoted at Rs 25 per kg upon showing the Aadhaar card or ...

Simply Put: Listing India's residents, citizens
The Indian Express
Even as issues of privacy associated with Aadhaar continue to be debated in the country, the NPR is on a drive to collect detailed data on residents of ...

Scared of NRC? Come back in 2022
Telegraph India
Asgar Ali, 26, a mason from Nimtita village who requires a typographical correction in his Aadhaar card, was in the same queue as Sabiya on ...

'Strike a balance': Supreme Court's advice to Centre on framing social media rules
Hindustan Times
The Madras one also deals with the possibility of linking social media accounts with the Aadhaar numbers of users and of social media companies not ...

NRC: The inversion of accountability
Telegraph India
The frenetic activity over Aadhaar with repeatedly postponed last dates and the prolonged agony of do-we-need-it-don't-we-need-it are too recent to ...

The BJP's card game
Telegraph India
The nation, it is estimated, has 12 million passport holders, and is behind only China and the United States of America in this respect. The Aadhaar ...

Your PAN card may be disabled, so do this work before 30th September...
News Track English
New Delhi: The time period for linking your Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar Card is ending this month. According to a notification ...

Will Not Be “Excessive” With Social Media Rules, Say Govt Officials
Inc42 Media
In addition, MeitY has also written to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the managing body of Aadhaar, to seek their opinion on the ...

Here's PM Modi's Take On Easing Taxes For Businesses, Role Of Social Media And More
Inc42 Media
Meanwhile, the Indian government has also been pushing for linking of Aadhaar cards with social media accounts to help fight cybercrime, terrorism ...

103 depot owners in Panipat issued notice
The Tribune
Swami gave a list of 126 ration cards in which fake beneficiaries were added and their Aadhaar cards linked to the official portal. Following the ...

Estonia ready to assist India in development of single multipurpose identity card: Ambassador
ANI News
"We can have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card," said Shah at an event of the Registrar ...

SSC Phase 7 Admit Card 2019 to Release Soon @ssc.nic.in, Check Details Here
Jagran Josh
... along with two passport size recent colour photographs, ID proof such as Voter Card, Aadhaar Card/printout of e-Aadhaar, School/ College ID Card.

Man drugs minor, forges docus to usurp his properties
Times of India
The judges directed the assistant commissioner of police at Palayamkottai to get details as to who prepared the bogus Aadhaar card and immediate ...

The balancing act
Business Standard
The observation was in connection with the transfer of various cases pertaining to the linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts. In effect, this ...

A hundred small steps
The Indian Express
The State of Aadhaar Survey 2017-18 found that nearly 6.5 per cent of PDS beneficiaries in Rajasthan were denied ration because the shopowner ...

HC orders counselling for boy
The Hindu
The court took cognisance of the fact that the man had managed to get a fake Aadhaar card for the boy, in a bid to usurp his properties. A legal ...

Social media misuse: SC asks centre to trace originator of info
The Siasat Daily
The petitions in different High Courts also demanded to interlink the Aadhaar database with social media profiles for authentication of identity, to the ...

'112' to be countrywide emergency number
The Hindu
We have heard reports about their having obtained Aadhaar cards too and police cases were filed. We are securing reports from other States too ...

How to address your income tax queries and issues online
Free Press Journal
... tax filing process, rectification of filed returns or any other technical issues in validating PAN, Aadhaar ID etc. can be raised through the above form.

Narendra Modi pitches for India's NSG entry
The Hindu
... and insolvency laws, unique ID (Aadhaar) and financial inclusion, which had brought 370 million individuals bank accounts in a short period of time.

Now, submit income-tax related queries in an online form and get your grievances redressed
The Hindu BusinessLine
... discrepancies between TDS deducted and Form 16 or any other technical issues in validating PAN, aadhaar ID, can be raised in the above form.

KCR providing sarees to women as elder brother
The Hans India
Serilingampally: Local corporator Ragam Nagender Yadav said on Wednesday that it was a matter of great pleasure that the 'Bathukamma' festival ...
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