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, October 1, 2019

14275 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 30th September 2019


PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline extended to December 31
Economic Times
The Ministry of Finance, in a notification dated September 28, announced that it has extended the deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar to December 31, ...

Kerala urges Centre to extend deadline to link ration cards with Aadhaar
The News Minute
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies P Thilothaman has sought more time from the Centre and hopes for a favourable stand from the union government ...

Aadhaar - Bank link: Step by step guide
India Today
The Aadhaar card is one of the most important documents of personal identification in India. The information in your Aadhaar card is very important, ...

Plea In Top Court Seeks Linking Social Media With Aadhaar To Check Fake News
NDTV
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre for appropriate steps to link social media accounts with Aadhaar, the ...

Indian Aadhaar critic impressed by Kenyan court's handling of Huduma Namba
THE WEEK
The tech expert, who had testified against Aadhaar in the constitutional validity case in the Supreme Court, was a witness appearing for the Nubians, ...

Deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar extended till Dec 31
The Indian Awaaz
AMN. The deadline to link permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar has been extended by three months till 31st of December. Earlier, the ...

Bengaluru: Aadhaar must to get SSLC marks cards
Deccan Chronicle
Bengaluru: If you lost your SSLC marks card and want to obtain a duplicate one, you have to submit your Aadhaar details along with the application ...

“Check Aadhaar Cards”: Bajrang Dal To Dandiya Organisers In Telangana
Herald Publicist
The Bajrang Dal has urged all ”Garba” and ”Dandiya” organisers to make Aadhaar Card necessary at entry factors of the occasions as a way to ...

'Check Aadhaar to Weed Out Non-Hindus at Garba Events': Bajrang Dal | The Quint
Yahoo India News
'Check Aadhaar to Weed Out Non-Hindus at Garba Events': Bajrang Dal | The Quint. The Quint 29 September 2019. Reblog · Share · Tweet · Share.

With the data-protection bill in limbo, these policies contravene the right to privacy
The Caravan
Puttaswamy, a retired high court judge, had challenged the government's decision to make the biometrics-based Aadhaar cards mandatory for access ...

Social Media case: TMC MP Mahua Moitra moves impleadment plea in Madras High Court
Bar & Bench
A plea filed last year to link Aadhaar with email had culminated in the Madras High Court coordinating efforts by law enforcement agencies and major ...

Motor insurance: What is third party liability?
The Hindu
Once you create an account and link your Aadhaar number, you can pull in your driving licence, RC and insurance policy (but not the PUC yet).

Plea filed in SC for linkage of social media with Aadhaar
Daijiworld.com
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS): A public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court seeking to link social media sites including Twitter and Facebook ...

DigiLocker may limit storage options, here're some safe alternatives
Financial Express
For those who do not know, DigiLocker is an Aadhaar-linked vault service started in 2016, which provides easy storage for issued documents.

Provident Fund: How to check EPF balance online via portal, Umang app, SMS or a missed call
BGR India
You will either have to enter your Member ID (you will get that from your salary slip written as PF number), or PAN or Aadhaar number. You will also ...

It's not too late to get biometrics right
VentureBeat
How about India's national identity database, Aadhaar? The media coverage poured in, with naysayers warning us to be terrified of biometric 

Hail these torch bearers for the year
Economic Times (blog)
Ajay Bhushan Pandey is being recognised for his leadership of Aadhaar during its most robust phase of expansion and subsequent helming of the ...

Conclave, medical camp organised for Veer Naris at Cantt
The Tribune
These included stalls of PCDA, Allahabad, Record office from various Regimental Centres, DPDO, Army Welfare Placement Node, Aadhaar and PAN ...

Air India offers discount on domestic flight tickets. Check details here
Livemint
You can show Aadhaar card, passport, or any other government issued valid document indicating the name of family members. Apart from that ...

New lease of life for Keonjhar orphan girl; admn gives PDS rice
Odisha Sun Times
After seeing the media reports on the girl, who had not received PDS rice for the last two months as she does not have Aadhaar card to link with her ...

RBI to the rescue
Millennium Post
The failure rates on Aadhaar Enabled Payment System for interbank transactions were found to be as high as 60 per cent by the Watal Committee on ...

Allahabad: Interstate trafficking gang busted, 11 arrested
Times of India
Forged documents like four police IDs, as many Aadhaar cards and two voter IDs were found on them along with fake stamps of the district magistrate ...

How to invest in Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
Economic Times
Copy of address proof (Aadhaar, passport). Copy of cheque leaf or first page of bank passbook of the account in which pension needs to be credited.

Rich Indian crop at Busan film festival; Gurvinder, Kurbah gets nominations
The News Mill
The section also has “Aadhaar”, a comedic look at how life changes for the first man in a village to have an Aadhaar card. Directed by Suman Ghosh ...

Open Axis Bank fixed deposit (FD) account in three minutes! Here's how to start one
Zee Business
To open an Express FD account, the customer has to visit Axis Bank official website and register with their Aadhaar, PAN & other basic details.

Passport forger gets detained in Mumbai, arrested by CID in Gandhinagar
Ahmedabad Mirror
... on August 9 under IPC sections and section 12 of the Indian Passport Act. He had 10 different aadhaar cards in his name and afake PAN card.

Soon, No Passport Required At These Airports: Biometric Scan Means No Boarding Pass Needed!
Trak.in (blog)
Three of the biggest airports in India have kickstarted biometric based boarding and authentication of passengers, which means that no passport or ...

Tech Mahindra Joining Hands into Building a 'Smarter Kanpur'
Elets (press release)
... Process Outsourcing for the Goods and Services Tax and the Aadhaar projects. Puneet Gupta, Senior Vice President India, Tech Mahindra, said that ...

Gang involved in human trafficking busted; eleven held, two girls rescued
Hindustan Times
The police team recovered fake identity cards of policemen, two fake aadhaar cards, voters identity cards, fake seals of district magistrate and DIG ...

PayNearby: Giving retailers a new identity
Financial Express
PayNearby has successfully enabled Digital Pradhans to provide many essential services to their local communities, including Aadhaar banking, bank ...

APEPDCL Jr Lineman Result 2019 Released @apeasternpower.com, Check APEPDCL JLM Marks
Jagran Josh
... respective Division Office and take the appointment orders duly producing the hall ticket and anyIdentity proof such as Aadhaar Card or Licence etc., ...

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