AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14293 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 20th October 2019

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, October 20, 2019

14293 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 20th October 2019

PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline: Key things to know
Douglas Daily
NEW DELHI: The deadline to link Permanent Account Number or PAN with unique identity Aadhaar is fast approaching. PAN not linked with Aadhaar ...

Two held for making fake Aadhaar, PAN
Times of India
Zone-5 DCP Ravi Teja said police recovered 15 fake voter ID cards, 30 original ones, 15 fake PAN cards and 10 fake Aadhaar cards from the accused ...

Verification with Aadhaar will help purify electoral rolls, suggests Election Commission
The New Indian Express
EC believes that the purification of the electoral roll is a long overdue challenge and verification with Aadhaar will help in streamline the process of ...

Juvenile held for snatchings
The Tribune
The suspect snatched her purse containing Rs 10,000, Aadhaar card, PAN card, driving licence and mobile phone and ran away. A case under ...

Civic body issues 182 coupons to shopkeepers for stalls
The Tribune
... the MC took some security measures and issued coupons after submission of attested photocopies of photo ID, either voter ID card or Aadhaar card ...

Ruthu Bharosa: 30 % farmers yet to get aiddue to inactive bank accounts
The Hans India
... should have a bank account and it should be in activation mode and the bank account number should be linked with Aadhaar number of the farmer.

Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly Election 2019: Checklist of documents required to cast your ...
Firstpost
The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra are due to expire on 2 and 9 November 2019 respectively. Both states, currently ...

17-year-old involved in three snatching cases held
Hindustan Times
The accused had snatched complainant Madhu Gupta's purse containing ₹10,000, Aadhaar card and other documents on October 17. Police have ...

Sakala officers must pay a penalty if they delay work
Bangalore Mirror
The Sakala services include issuing of Aadhaar cards, certificates, all revenue documents and other services that are applied through the Sakala ...

CBI, the 'caged parrot', is dead; long live the CBI
National Herald
In an era before Aadhaar cards and birth certificates, she passed herself off as a decade younger than she really was and an admission that Sheena ...

How Digital Lending Startups Are Using Technology For SMBs Financing
Inc42 Media
At the same time, India Stack, built as a stack of APIs with the first layer as the electronic database of Aadhaar is solving the identity and fraud problem.

UP: Youth detained after he approaches Aligarh VHP leader to inform him about plot to murder him
Times of India
The suspect was exposed after Ram Kumar checked his Aadhaar Card and found the name on it different from what the youth had initially claimed.

Div Com reviews working of PM-KMY scheme
Kashmir Life
The DCs will also earmark Chief Agriculture Officers as nodal officers for the enrolment of eligible and desirous SMFs with Aadhaar details.

Govt set to bring in stipend to skill up MGNREGA workers
The Indian Express
“The registration of candidates will be done through Aadhaar identification. The household from which a candidate will be selected for training will ...