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

Friday, November 22, 2019

14316 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 21st Nov 2019


Aadhaar Seva Kendras now open 7 days a week. How to locate your nearest Aadhaar centre
Livemint
NEW DELHI : With the increasing footfall at Aadhaar Seva Kendras, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has now decided to keep all the ...

Aadhaar optional, not mandatory for property registration under law, AAP government tells High ...
Economic Times
New Delhi: Aadhaar is accepted as proof of identity for property registration and land mutation, but it is only an optional requirement and there is no ...

'Aadhaar optional for property registration'
The Hindu
Aadhaar is accepted as proof of identity for property registration and land mutation, but it is only an optional requirement and there is no provision in ...

Aadhaar-property linking not an easy road: Experts
Times of India
Pune: Mandatory Aadhaar-property linking can become a reality only after necessary changes are introduced in the Aadhaar Act without conflicting ...

Shiv Sena summons MLAs with Aadhaar, clothes
The Asian Age
The MLAs have been told to carry their Aadhaar and PAN cards as well as five sets of clothing as they would be required to stick together for the next ...

How you can nominate EPF beneficiaries online
Moneycontrol.com
Make sure your UAN is linked with your Aadhaar number. And, the Aadhaar number must be linked with your registered mobile number to receive a ...

How Telangana government authenticates beneficiaries using AI, ML, Big Data and Deep Learning ...
The Hindu BusinessLine
Several government agencies across the country have started using Aadhaar identity to authenticate beneficiaries of different schemes.

Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha passes Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill; Rajya Sabha adjourned for ...
Firstpost
"There is no such proposal with the government for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals," Information Technology Minister Ravi ...

Digital India: No need to worry about carrying cash at this Patiala village
Hindustan Times
They have all adopted Aadhaar-enabled payment modes. To back their initiative, the State Bank of India has provided them thumb-impression reading ...

12-year-old blocked at Sabarimala
Telegraph India
On Tuesday morning, women police officials checked the girl's Aadhaar card when she reached the Pamba base camp, about 5km from the shrine, ...

Only 22% of pregnant women got benefits promised by Modi govt under PMMVY
National Herald
Causing even more complications for women attempting to access the PMMVY benefits is the Aadhaar dependency. In this case, they need not only ...

3600 ration card holders benefited in M'luru
Deccan Herald
The Aadhaar-based biometric authentication of ration card-holding family members is being carried out in the ration shops. In the past, the biometric of ...

4706 ineligible BPL ration cards found in DK
Deccan Herald
They have also been searching the data available in RTOs using the Aadhaar numbers of BPL ration cardholders to find if the cardholders have ...

India has potential for very rapid economic growth, says Bill Gates
Hindustan Times
Gates also hailed India's Aadhaar identification system as well as adoption of the UPI system. “Well, in all of our areas, India's been a key place where ...

Government pensioners can submit life certificate (Jeevan Pramaan Patra ID) online; it is just a ...
Zee Business
For the generation of Pramaan ID at the Citizen Service Center, a pensioner has to submit one's Aadhaar Card number, PPO or pension payment

India Is Using a 134-Year-Old Law Designed for Telegraphs to Monitor People's Encrypted Texts
VICE
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case about whether or not WhatsApp users should be forced to link their accounts to India's Aadhaar

GOOD NEWS: Train to Gangasagar from city in Jan
Free Press Journal
For the ticket bookings, the passengers will be required to produce identity proofs like driving licence, Aadhaar card, voter ID card etc. The ticket ...

Three including an aeronautical engineer held for theft in Hyderabad
Telangana Today
“The duo forged identity documents including Aadhaar card and prepared fake online transaction receipt of having transferred advance rental and ...

105-yr-old Kerala woman appears for fourth-standard examination
The Tribune
Bhageerathi Amma has one grievance that she had not yet received either widow or old-age pension as she has no Aadhaar card and was hoping ...


WBSETCL Graduate and Technician Apprentice Trainee DV Schedule 2019 Announced @wbsetcl.in
Jagran Josh
WBSETCL Graduate and Technician Apprentice Trainee DV Schedule 2019: The West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited .

Why FASTag Is mandatory from december 1 for all vehicles and what govt wants to do
Business Insider India
Talking about FASTag, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said that FASTag is being viewed as the 'Aadhaar' for all ...

VCs are turning to fintech start-ups: Here's why
Moneycontrol.com
In the last few years, developments such as UPI, Aadhaar for Ekyc, biometric payments, e-wallets etc, fintech start-ups have managed to expand its ...

DND: Disturb 'n' Disturb – We're all victims of unsolicited calls and text messages trying to sell us ...
Economic Times (blog)
At a time when a hulla-goola is being made about the invasion of privacy caused by Aadhaar cards and other sarkar-issued IDs, someone needs to ...

No proposal to make Hindi main language: Govt
The Indian Express
“We can have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card. This is a potential,” he had said. Shah had ...

Business highlights
Devdiscourse
New Delhi: The government has no proposal for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Here Are Five Things To Know About CIBIL Score
NDTV Profit
Step 3: Enter personal details (date of birth, address, Aadhaar number, pan card numer). Step 4: Verify your identity (with the help of OTP or some ...


3433 URLs Blocked in 2019, IT Minister Informs Lok Sabha
India.com
Aadhaar is secure, the minister said adding that there is no proposal to connect it to social media accounts. On Whatsapp snooping row, the minister ...

'Mumbai sees 27% rise in donated blood with hepatitis C, syphilis, malaria infections'
Hindustan Times
... SBTC had advised Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society and the Directorate of Health Services to record the details from donors' Aadhaar cards.
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