AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14307 - AAdhaar Articles Dated 9th Nov 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

Monday, November 11, 2019

14307 - AAdhaar Articles Dated 9th Nov 2019

Limit Prescribed For Updation Of Few Of The Aadhaar Details
Goodreturns
For instance, now on the date of birth on the card can be changed only once. In respect of the name on the Aadhaar card, the request for modification ...

SEBI Watch: Ensure privacy, data protection in Aadhaar-based e-KYC
Cogencis
Through a circular on Monday the Securities and Exchange Board of India has stated it will allow for Aadhaar-based digital 'know your clients' ...

From Ayodhya verdict to Aadhaar scheme, Justice Chandrachud finds place in all important ...
Business Today
It has been only three-and-half years since his elevation as the judge of the Supreme Court, but Justice D Y Chandrachud has been already a part of ...

India defends plans for facial recognition system
Financial Times
In its November response, the NCRB said the system would not be integrated with India's enormous biometric national identity database Aadhaar, ...

SBI asks pensioners to submit life certificate by November 30, know how to do it
The Hans India
2) Digital submission @ SBI branch: Visit your nearest SBI branch, submit the details of Aadhaar number, mobile number, pension payment order ...

Employees Provident Fund: How to do e-nomination in PF account in 15 minutes
Financial Express
The UAN has to be linked with the Aadhaar number as well. Those who are unmarried may nominate family members and after marriage, the ...

Man held for taking loans, credit cards using forged papers
Hindustan Times
Police recovered a laptop, six Aadhaar cards, four driving licences, five debit cards, two credit cards, one voter ID, eight cheque books and four cars ...

A Maid in Pune shares her visiting card, goes viral and gets job offers all over India
TheNewsCrunch
To it, I added a small line saying 'Aadhaar Card verified' to let people gain confidence in her. I place the order for 100 cards and we received a bunch ...

Poor coordination among depts. irks Minister
The Hindu
He asked them to sort out all the issues such as Aadhaar seeding, updating of new owners and legal heirs of lands concerned. Along with Deputy ...

11 held for using forged docs for bailing out criminals
Times of India
Crime branch has seized dozens of Aadhaar and election voter identity cards from the accused that was used as documental proof for getting bails.

NTA to release UGC NET Admit Card 2019 today @ ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Times of India
Any one of the authorized photo IDs (must be original, valid and non-expired) – PAN card/Driving License/ Voter ID/ Passport/ Aadhaar Card (With ...

Justice for all: Invasion of privacy and grand data theft
Deccan Chronicle
When the customers refused and waved the privacy card, they made a climbdown with an “oh it's optional” line. But the bank insisted on Aadhaar card.

House panel reviews paddy procurement in Kalahandi
OrissaPOST
It also suggested linking Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries to the public distribution system. The OLA standing committee-6 is known to have

Big brother's watchful eye
Millennium Post
For India, the same concern for privacy came about when this government started expanding the mandate for Aadhaar, requiring citizens in the ...

16 SHGs to help in paddy procurement in B'ngir
Daily Pioneer
There are 48,893 farmers in the district with Aadhaar link and 19,70,588.23 MT tonnes of paddy would be purchased in kharif paddy procurement of ...

Months after rolling out farmers' assistance scheme, Odisha halves beneficiary list
Hindustan Times
Apart from the large-scale duplication of the number of beneficiaries, there was also a mismatch of Aadhaar numbers and names. An agriculture ...

Nagaland starts online ILP system for tourists
The News Mill
... up all their particulars and upload a passport-size photo along with a valid government-recognised photo ID such as Aadhaar, Pan card, EPIC card, ...

I forget it the moment I get up from seat: Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde on how he unwinds
Financial Express
Justice Bobde was part of the three-judge bench which in 2015 clarified that no citizen of India without an Aadhaar card can be denied basic services ...

'Petty Act by a Petty Govt': Twitter on Govt Revoking Taseer's OCI
The Quint
Soutik Biswas, a BBC journalist pointed out that Taseer has lived in India for a good amount of time and has local bank accounts, an Aadhaar number ...