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

Saturday, September 28, 2019

14271 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 27th September 2019


Aadhaar Card: How to update your phone number, name and address
India Today
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 finance ministry, the ...

As Aadhaar's Idea Spreads From Kenya To Venezuela, We Still Need To Ask – Why ID?
HuffPost India
This week marks the one year anniversary of the judgement of the Supreme Court of India on the legality of Aadhaar—India's national digital identity ...

After Aadhaar, NRC, Amit Shah proposes a new agni parkisha for Indians
ThePrint
As if all the national anxieties caused by Aadhaar and the National Register of Citizens weren't enough. Now, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ...

Railways offers benefit for linking Aadhaar with IRCTC account
Business Today
Users who link their Aadhaar with IRCTC account can now book up to 12 tickets a month. Users who don't link their Aadhaar can book only 6 tickets a ...

2 held for duping over 1000 in Aadhaar, phone linking
Deccan Herald
Two people have been arrested for allegedly duping over 1,000 people by persuading them to share confidential details on the pretext of linking their ...

Karnataka Govt to Link Social Security Schemes With Aadhaar, Says Revenue Minister
News18
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to link all social security schemes with Aadhaar with the aim of getting rid of bogus beneficiaries, ...

ATTENTION! PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline ends on Sept 30. Here's what you should do
India TV
PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline: All those PAN cards which are not linked to the Aadhaar card will become "inoperative" after September 30 which is ...

Gang involved in making fake Aadhaar cards busted
The Tribune
Jalandhar, September 26. The Commissionerate of Police on Thursday busted a gang involved in arranging bogus sureties and forged papers to the ...

Two men arrested for duping over 1000 people on the pretext of linking Aadhaar cards
Outlook India
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Two people have been arrested for allegedly duping over 1,000 people by persuading them to share confidential details on ...

SC notice to Centre on transfer of Aadhaar cases
Beloit Bulletin
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and social media sites on a plea by social media platform Facebook seeking ...

How to make nomination online in your EPF account
Economic Times
If you are an Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) account holder, it is important to nominate someone in your account so that in the event of your death ...

Another ID card?
Business Standard
Barely has the dust settled on the massive unique identification project, otherwise known as Aadhaar, than Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised ...

Bengaluru: Airtel sniffs SIM-swap racket; lens on insiders
Times of India
BENGALURU: A major SIM-swapping racket allegedly involving insiders and fake Aadhaar cards to hijack customers' premium numbers and commit ...

'Prone to hacking': expert witness in Kenya's Huduma Namba hearings first round
Biometric Update
Anand Venkatanarayanan, Indian cyber security expert and computer fraud forensic analyst and critic of India's Aadhaar ID system, gave a damning ...

Attention Taxpayers! CBDT says person with no PAN, will not able to avail THIS facility
India TV
PAN-Aadhaar link deadline: If you are a taxpayer but don't have a valid PAN number then this news is very important for you. As CBDT had fixed ...

Explained: How India can benefit a lot from data and gig economy
Financial Express
While the report highlights the role of the government and Aadhaar in advancing this objective, the government needs to realise that digital ...

Explained: What is Population Register and what its inclusion in Census 2021 will mean
The News Minute
The data collected during the NPR will then be sent to the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) for verification with Aadhaar details.

Guv lauds role of Dept of Posts
The Tribune
Dattatreya said the Department of Posts was also facilitating the masses through traditional services as well as e-services like Aadhaar card, electronic ...

India''s welfare schemes give world a ''new hope'' for better future, says PM Modi at UNGA
Outlook India
Referring to the Aadhaar initiative, Modi said, "When a developing country, launches for its citizens, the world's biggest digital identification program, ...

UT sells onions amid 'security', at Rs 32 a kg
The Tribune
The staff deputed at the community centres sought Aadhaar cards of the beneficiaries to update records of the Direct Benefit Scheme. The department ...

Alert PU ex-VC foils swindler's plan
The Tribune
Pathak sent his photograph, copies of PAN, Aadhaar card and documents related to the ownership of the land in UP, through WhatsApp.

LegalDesk develops AI-based digital KYC solution for banking, NBFC and FinTechs
The Hindu BusinessLine
“scan.it provides image-based eKYC, video-based digital KYC as well as offline Aadhaar KYC. This new AI-based technology offered by

SIM swap racket: Bengaluru cyber cell cracks down on big fraud; forged Aadhaar papers likely used
Times Now
Bengaluru's Cyber Police has cracked down on a big SIM card swapping racket that is believed to have plagued the city's residents for quite some 

Why Data Is Not Oil: Here's How India's Data Localisation Norms Will Hurt The Economy
Inc42 Media
In the context of government cybersecurity, the most glaring example of weak security remains India's national ID Aadhaar. In January 2018, the

NGT cracks whip on illegal e-rickshaws in Govardhan, passes slew of directions
Outlook India
Vehicles, which are owned by local residents of Parikrama Marg, would be issued passes on the basis of Aadhaar Card and they shall also be given ...

Panic grips Bengal as both BJP & TMC raise pitch over NRC, Mamata calls for calm
India Today
My Aadhaar and voter ID cards are fine but I need corrections in my birth certificate and ration card. But there is so much rush I don't know when my ...

'Corporate tax cuts to ensure a culture of compliance'
Times of India
Linkage with Aadhaar did not result in curtailing subsidies but brought about savings through efficiency and transparency and plugged leakages, ...

DC Kathua reviews functioning of FCS&CA Deptt
State Times
It was informed that 77 per cent Aadhaar seeding has been done in respect of district Kathua and remaining 23 per cent shall be achieved by the end ...

Hyderabad has second highest number of Rohingyas after J&K: Kishan Reddy
The Hans India
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said the Centre has received a report from the Telangana State government ...

28-year-old arrested in fake currency note case
Ahmedabad Mirror
He was arrested with 33 notes of Rs 500 denomination from Chennai about 20 days ago, two mobile phones and several documents like Aadhaar ...

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