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, November 12, 2019

14308- Aadhaar Articles Dated 11th Nov 2019


Linking Aadhaar to property sales may usher transparency
Livemint
While the matter is sub-judice as of now, if linking of Aadhaar to property documents is indeed allowed, the real estate sector may see the dawn of a ...

UIDAI cap on Aadhaar card data update
Times of India
PUNE: Applying for Aadhaar data update? Better check the information twice before submitting it as the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) ...

PAN card rules: Giving a wrong PAN number can lead to a ₹10000 fine
Livemint
If you do not remember PAN, you may also quote Aadhaar card number as the two documents are now interchangeable. The ₹10,000 penalty rule, ...

Kundapur: 577 people benefit through Aadhaar camp held in Vandse
Daijiworld.com
Silvester D'Souza. Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP). Kundapur, Nov 10: “Aadhaar has become inevitable for all the things and is the closest ...

Why liberals won't be looking forward to DY Chandrachud's term as CJI after Ayodhya verdict
ThePrint
Agog at his passionately-written dissent notes on Aadhaar and the controversial arrest of five activists in the Bhima Koregaon case, the media hailed ...

Employees Provident fund (EPF) account holders can now generate UAN online. Here's how
Livemint
Those generating a new UAN will be taken to a new page where users will be asked to provide their Aadhaar-linked mobile number and captcha code ...

Passport Requirement Confuses Pilgrims as Kartarpur Corridor Gets Ready to Welcome Devotees
News18
"We read in the paper that Aadhaar can be an identification document. We don't have passports. Can't poor people with no passports go via the ...

'All cultivators will get Rythu Bharosa benefits'
Times of India
One of them is linking Aadhaar with the NPCI website. Another is the identification of heirs in case of death in the family. There's also the problem of ...

Destiny Brought Justice Ashok Bhushan to SC Bench to Hear Ayodhya Dispute
News18
Besides the Ayodhya matter, Justice Bhushan has penned several key verdicts like upholding the law on Aadhaar, its linking with PAN and judicial ...

Farmers throng special grievance cells of Rythu Bharosa scheme
The Hindu
According to sources, more than 60,000 farmers were denied the opportunity to apply for the scheme due to the lack of Aadhaar seeding with their ...

2 held in Punjab and 2 in Kulti for Rs 19-lakh theft in New Alipore
Telegraph India
His Aadhaar card had a mobile number, which his mother used. The call detail record of six months showed maximum calls had been made to ...

Intermediate board to crack the whip on erring colleges
The Hindu
Students are requested to pay fee online directly by logging into bie.ap.gov.in, after submitting their Aadhaar number. The payment particulars would ...

Justice Chandrachud finds place in all important matters in SC
State Times
Be it the matter of adultery or right to privacy, decriminalising section 377 of the IPC or the contentious Sabarimala issue or validity of Aadhaar scheme, ...

Ayodhya Suffocates, But Nothing New About That
NewsClick
The locals went for a few darshans and were allowed to, provided they showed their Aadhaar cards to those on duty. But the joy of the decision in ...

Extreme Poverty and the Rise of a Digital Welfare Dystopia
The Good Men Project
In India, each person claiming support from the welfare system was required to have an Aadhaar, a unique 12-digit number linked to their biometric ...

AP Grama/Ward Volunteer Application Status
Update Fever (press release) (blog)
In order to check the application status, an interested person needs to provide Either Mobile or Aadhaar Number. If none of these is available, one can ...

Government aims to cover all eligible farmers under RBS: Collector
The Hans India
Anantapur: District Collector S Sathyanarayana stated that the state government aims to provide the benefits of Rythu Bharosa Scheme to all eligible ...

Ahmedabad: Shop owner duped of Rs 95000 by online fraudsters
Times of India
A social messaging number was also given for queries. He then uploaded documents such as his photograph, PAN card, Aadhaar card, election card, ...

Ayodhya verdict: At 40 days, it was SC's 2nd longest hearing
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Ayodhya land dispute case hearing in Supreme Court lasted for 40 days, the second longest after the landmark Keshvananda

75 petitions received during Special Spandana programme: DRO Raghunath
The Hans India
The representations relate to RBS benefits to Inam lands, DKT lands, Endowment lands, lands which were not linked with Aadhaar number etc. J.

Candidate without Voters' ID allowed to contest polls
Bangalore Mirror
He also had an Aadhaar card. He managed to get an extract of the voters information downloaded from the website of Election Commission of India ...

The Curious Case of the 1045-Page Ayodhya Judgment With Its Mystery Author and Dissenting ...
News18
Even in recent Constitution Bench cases like Aadhaar and right to privacy, views of each of the judges on the bench were clearly stated and some of ...

Sandeep Sharma: Faster, trickier, unluckier
Times of India
CHANDIGARH: After taking 17 wickets in Vijay Hazare Trophy to push his side into the knockouts, Punjab speedster Sandeep Sharma, 26, hoped in ...

Jeevan Praman Patra | online pensioner life certificate Life Certificate how to generate,collect ...
Update Fever (press release) (blog)
Pensioner near the base numbers should be and a current mobile number should be; The pensioner's Aadhaar number information passion the ...

BECIL NOIDA Recruitment 2019: Bumper recruitment for 3895 posts, there is also a chance for ...
Herald Publicist
... of academic / expertise certificates, two passport dimension pictures, PAN card, scanned copies of Aadhaar card 08 to 18 November 2019 ).

Minister asks officials to address farmers woes in Guntur
The Hans India
Guntur: District in-charge minister Cherakuvada Ranganatha Raju assured that the government will extend financial assistance to all the eligible ...

By 2020 Modi government to have direct connectivity with 11.5 crore farmers and their families
apherald.com - unit of India Herald Group Publishers [P] LIMITED
... the man behind implementation of Aadhaar card scheme, and several IT experts, are looking after the database project". Moreover sources said that ...

PM Modi to tour three nations; will discuss climate change, digital technology at G-7
Howe Daily
Referring to JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-mobile), he said it was an example of how technology is being used to meet the development needs and ...
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