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, October 5, 2019

14278 - Aadhaar Related Articles dated 3rd October 2019


Changes to expect in fintech with digital KYC
Vantage Asia
In July 2019, the Aadhaar and other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (act) ... Following the Aadhaar judgment, the fintech sector in India has been ...

Why Aadhaar card is a stumbling block in Modi govt's flagship maternity scheme
ThePrint
“The Aadhaar details have to be provided for both the beneficiary and her husband,” a senior official in the Ministry of Women and Child Development ...

Live Law
Anand Venkatanarayanan is an Indian cyber security expert and a vocal critic of the Aadhaar project. He was invited by a Kenyan civil rights forum to ...

Poor Still Face Aadhaar Exclusion, Even A Year After SC Verdict
The Quint
On 26 September 2018, the Supreme Court delivered its much-awaited Aadhaar judgment. A 4:1 majority upheld most of the Aadhaar Act 2016, only ...

Indian FinTechs ready with Video-KYC solution, regulations unlikely to be out soon
IBS Intelligence
The apex court had scrapped a portion of the Aadhaar Act that enabled private companies to use Aadhaar for establishing the identity of an individual.

How to book 12 train tickets by 1 IRCTC account in a month
Times Now
By linking the Aadhaar card with the IRCTC account, a person can book a maximum of 12 train tickets. Users can verify the Aadhar card details on the ...

Video KYC stalled in India as regulators fail to release guidelines
Biometric Update
Digital authentication would be conducted using XML to extract limited customer information from the Aadhaar database, which would not include .

Target to Make the Country TB Free By 2025, Patients' Data Will Be Linked To Aadhaar
Daily Watch Reports
The government feels that it will be easier to identify patients by linking the data base of all TB patients to Aadhaar. The official said that with the

The digital way: Growth with welfare
Financial Express
The focus on digitising various welfare schemes, creating a robust database and having a universal identifier in Aadhaar helped the government ...

Arhtiyas' protest mars Day 1 of procurement
The Tribune
In protest against the directions of the Food and Civil Supplies Department to collect and upload the bank account and Aadhaar numbers of farmers on ...

MP Mahua Moitra Intervenes In Whatsapp Traceability Case In Madras HC
Live Law
The petition in public interest was filed by one Antony Clement Rubin last year, seeking linkage of Aadhaar or any other government authorized

Before you travel, make sure your age on ID card and ticket match
The New Indian Express
Amod was 34 years old while his Aadhaar card said he was 35 and Rajan's ticket showed his age as 25 while it was 28 on the Aadhaar card. Despite ...

Arhtiyas boycott paddy procurement on Day 1
Hindustan Times
The commission agents alleged that they were being harassed in the name of uploading bank accounts and Aadhaar card numbers of farmers on ...

Indian films to make an impression at Busan Film Festival
National Herald
Vineet Kumar Singh who is a critically acclaimed actor will be travelling with his film Aadhaar that has been produced by Drishyam Films. "I'm really ...

How to activate UAN for your EPF account
Economic Times
You will be required to enter any one - UAN, Member ID, Aadhaar or PAN. Next, you will be required to enter other details - Name, date of birth, mobile ...

MEITY launches Smart-board for effective monitoring of the key programmes
Economic Times
... Thursday for effective monitoring and measurement of the key programmes of the government such as Digital India, Aadhaar, Digital Payments etc.

France plans to use facial recognition to let citizens access government services
MIT Technology Review
... is building a facial recognition ID scheme for government services, while India uses iris scans as part of its national Aadhaar identity system.

SBI, Bank of Baroda squeeze micro-ATM transactions of other banks
Economic Times
... of customers using micro-ATMs of other banks to just four times a month, in what could cause transactions undertaken through the Aadhaar-enabled ...

Dare to Garba
Deccan Chronicle
... right-wing Bajrang Dal activists asked organisers of traditional Garba and Dandiya events in Hyderabad to conduct mandatory checks of Aadhaar ...

No paddy to be lifted till Oct 5: Punjab Arhtiyas
Daily Pioneer
The commission agents have alleged that the government is harassing them in the name of uploading bank accounts and Aadhaar card numbers of ...

Bank account norms likely to be reviewed
The Hindu
Following the hardships faced by customers in opening bank accounts, the government will review the norms for the same. Top bankers highlighted ...

India Govt Requests Maximum Social Media Content Takedowns In The World
Inc42 Media
In addition, MeitY also wrote to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the managing body of Aadhaar, in September, to seek their opinion ...

IRCTC: Here's how you can book up to 12 tickets/month
NewsBytes
In a bid to facilitate online bookings for frequent travelers and to further push Aadhaar usage, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation ...

How not to plan for a rainy day
The Hindu BusinessLine
Remember, this was the pre-Aadhaar, pre-mobile era. Many small, unenumerated settlements simply vanished, along with all their people.

WhatsApp 'Disappearing Messages' Feature May Not Be a Good Idea for Indian Users, Here's Why
DATAQUEST
In fact, Facebook is fighting a case in several courts in India against the demand for linking social media profiles of users with Aadhaar number.

You need passport to visit Kartarpur shrine in Pakistan; visa not required
Livemint
... told IANS that Amarinder Singh had suggested any other government document like Aadhaar must be used in place of passports for identification.

Varanium Capital to raise ₹200 crore fintech VC fund
Livemint
... have seen multiple winners in India and globally, and also see the government focusing on this sector, via Aadhaar, UPI payments, etc," he added.

Busan Film Festival's pre-opening event cancelled due to typhoon
WION
From India, Alankrita Srivastava's 'Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare', Goutam Ghose' 'Raahgir' and Vineet Singh starrer 'Aadhaar' will be ...

e-District certificates set to touch 5 crore
The Hindu
Those who lost their documents could easily pull out certificates from the Digilocker using only the Aadhaar number. Since it is a digitally signed ...

Now affidavit must with every complaint at UPPSC
Hindustan Times
UPPSC deputy secretary Satya Prakash said the complainant would also need to clearly mention their Aadhaar card number and mobile phone ...

How Rajasthan is making great strides in eGovernance
Express Computer (press release) (blog)
For instance, we have brought in a completely transparent system for farmer loans and Aadhaar based biometric authentication. Furthermore, we have ...

SC wants govt guidelines to curb social media misuse
Shelby Journal
... contemplating forming guidelines or a framework for linking social media accounts of users with their 12-digit biometric unique identifier Aadhaar.
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