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 15, 2019

14260 - AAdhaar Articles Dated 15th September 2019


GST: Aadhaar verification to be mandatory for new dealers from Jan 2020

Economic Times
BENGALURU: The GST Network on Saturday decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification mandatory for new dealers from ...

Targeted money transfers using Aadhaar: A way to steal elections
Frontline
Aleksandr Kogan, a professor of Cambridge University, sought consent from users to take a psychometric survey using his app, “This Is Your Digital ...

Concerns over linking Aadhaar to voter ID and social media accounts
Frontline
With the once-abandoned project of seeding voter IDs with Aadhaar numbers likely to resume and with the push to link social media accounts, like ...

'Aadhaar celebrates contradictions of India, the card is only a motive': director Suman Ghosh
Hindustan Times
National Award-winning filmmaker Suman Ghosh says his next, Aadhaar celebrates the contradictions of India, a country interestingly dubbed both a ...

Aadhaar Is A National Asset; Sharing Information May Affect Security Interests: CIC [Read Order]
Live Law
The Central Information Commission has held that Aadhaar is a national asset and sharing information pertaining to it can affect the security interest of ...

Aadhaar verification to be mandatory for new dealers from Jan 2020: GSTN
All India Radio
The GST Network has decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification mandatory for new dealers from January next year to check

Aadhaar compulsory for new dealers from January
India TV
Verification of the unique identification number (Aadhaar) would be compulsory for new dealers from January 2020 to curb malpractices in paying ...

'It is a big hoax': Col. Mathew Thomas, one of the petitioners challenging the validity of Aadhaar
Frontline
Colonel (retd) Mathew Thomas was one of the petitioners in the case challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. On the basis of information ...

86% Hindus, 66% With Aadhaar, Over 50% Work Daily: Survey Busts Myths About India's Homeless
News18
New Delhi: No, all homeless persons do not beg. They work. But yes, 51 per cent of India's bonafide homeless are evicted by the police over five times ...

EPF e-nomination facility: Link Aadhaar with EPFO account; check how to avail and benefits
Zee Business
The EPF members whose Aadhaar is linked and verified on the member sewa portal can avail this facility. According to the notification issued by the

No rice for NFSA beneficiaries due to non-linking of Aadhaar
OrissaPOST
Champua: Absence of Aadhaar linking has been a cause of major concern for scores of NFSA beneficiaries in Rajia and other panchayats under ...

Money for TB Patients Stalls as Govt Deals With Suspicious Transactions
The Wire
Under it, the government said that all TB patients would get the Rs 500 upon submitting their Aadhaar numbers. It was thought that giving TB patients ...

Amyra Dastur: Always wanted to do a mass entertainer
Times of India
National Award-winning filmmaker Suman Ghosh says his next, 'Aadhaar' celebrates the contradictions of India, a country interestingly dubbed both a ...

Coimbatore police question three members of 'Pakistan Mujaid' WhatsApp group
Times of India
The officials contacted the West Bengal police and confirmed the addresses of the trio on the Aadhaar cards. The police confirmed that the trio hailed ...

Implementation of CSS, works under 14th FC & MGNREGA reviewed in Anantnag
TheDispatch
He emphasized on verification of accounts with Aadhaar numbers. He also assured the RDD officers that central government will provide all possible ...

A saviour of the abandoned elderly
The Hindu
“They demand Aadhaar cards from the destitute people prior to admitting them which is unlikely as most of these abandoned people have nothing ...

e-office to help integrate Jammu and Kashmir into national
Zee Business
Digitisation would also help the government push Aadhaar enrolment in J&K, especially in the Valley, in order to bring in government subsidies and ...

Tripura TET 2019 exam admit card, exam dates released
Oneindia
Candidates must bring one photo bearing identity proof in original, including voter ID card, passport, driving licence, PAN card or Aadhaar along with ...

More hospitals may have hand in fake bills scam
Times of India
... (BPL), lure them with promises of finance, use their name and Aadhaar card, and claim that they were suffering from some lifethreatening disease.

Security tightened ahead of Brahmotsavams in Tirupati
The Hans India
Tirupati: As the annual Brahmotsavams are drawing near, Urban police have tightened the security in Tirumala Hills and Tirupati city. Urban SP KKN ...

Mumbai: Man cons bank of Rs 3.77 crore with fake gold, dummy customers
Times of India
He used documents like PAN and Aadhaar cards to show 12 of his accomplices as customers. These customers then deposited fake gold with the ...

Three Bengal men questioned in Coimbatore for joining 'Pak-operated WhatsApp terror group'
The New Indian Express
The officials searched their rooms and found Aadhaar cards - revealing that they hailed from West Bengal and not Bangladesh. "It was confirmed ...

Government to set up 1023 special fast-track courts for rape, POSCO cases
Mid-Day
Also Read: Supreme Court asks Centre about policy to link Aadhaar to social media. There are 389 districts in the country where there are more than ...

Vistara Announces Daily Flight On Delhi-Indore Route From October 26
News Nation
READ | GST: Aadhaar Verification To Be Mandatory For New Dealers From January 2020. Vinod Kannan, the chief strategy officer, Vistara, said, ...

695 cases settled at National Lok Adalat
The Tribune
... supply of power, light and water, Aadhaar card. The dispute up to Rs 1 crore falling in these areas can be taken up at the Permanent Lok Adalat.

Laptops to projector: In Rajkot, school on wheels WoWs children
The Indian Express
... voter identity cards, Aadhaar cards, old-age pension, foster pension for parents, aid to Divyangs as well as giving them opportunities to earn through ...

Putting the 'best foot' forward
The Hitavada
The man in the tale is Sumit Gulabrao Tate, prime motivator of Aadhaar Apang Samajik Bahu-uddeshiya Vikas Sanstha. A frail-looking man, who ...

Bereft of Incentives, North Eastern Industrial Scheme (NEIDS) Fails To Woo Investors
The Sentinel Assam
These should be linked to Aadhaar for knowing actual quantum of land holding by each beneficial owner.” The situation in Assam has come to such a ...

'Catch them Young' tournament in Dimapur from October 2
Eastern Mirror
... 2005 are eligible to take part in the tournament and players must bring their original Aadhaar Card for age verification at the time of tournament.

NBFCs exploit women SHGs in Bargarh district
OrissaPOST
The women need to produce only a photograph and a copy of their Aadhaar card to get loans from NBFCs. This attracts village women towards ...

After Assam, Haryana gears up for implementation of NRC
Deccan Chronicle
It will be a card like Aadhaar card, but a separate one,” he said. Haryana Vidhan Sabha polls are scheduled next month. In a statement issued later ...

After crop loss, farmer now faces arrest over pending loan
The New Indian Express
“The bank personnel asked me to submit a copy of my Aadhaar card and other documents and said that the loan may get waived. As a result, I didn't ...