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, November 23, 2019

14317 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 22nd Nov 2019


Parliament proceedings: No Aadhaar-social media link plan
The Hindu
The government has no proposal to link Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ravi ...

Aadhaar Card Download how to
Update Fever (press release) (blog)
Friends if you've recently at the moment only in the base of the card to apply or did you get your old base cards have lost and the new Aadhaar Card ...

What a jump! Massive 1500% rise in number of registered MSMEs under Narendra Modi's govt
Financial Express
Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Udyog Aadhaar scheme launched in September 2015 for MSME registration has so far brought more than 80 lakh ...

Malnutrition Plagues Jharkhand, 22 Starvation Deaths in 5 Years
NewsClick
He added, “Aadhaar was responsible for at least 13 of the 22 starvation deaths in the state, as the victims either did not have Aadhaar cards or their

Several Punjabis not able to visit Kartarpur Sahib. Here's why
India Today
"I came with an Aadhaar card thinking that now the Kartarpur corridor has been opened. Besides the entry fee, money is also required for making a ...

How to generate Jeevan Pramaan Patra ID, submit life certificate online at jeevanpramaan.gov.in
Zee Business
The Government of India has made provision for pensioners to generate the digital life certificate using Aadhaar-based biometric authentication by

EPF Alert: Here's how you can nominate PF beneficiaries online
Times Now
Also, make sure that your UAN is linked with your Aadhaar number and, the Aadhaar number is linked with your registered mobile number to receive a ...

BJP creating environment of ''fear and intimidation'' through NRC
Outlook India
Despite the fact that there are multiple identity proofs- Aadhaar, Epic, Pan etc., the scare of NRC is to intensify the environment of fear and ...
Scharada Dubey: Twist in the Ayodhya saga ahead
Frontline
Police and paramilitary personnel check all those who enter the town, and a government ID like Aadhaar or driving licence has to be produced on ...

PSU banks disburse record ₹2.5 trillion loans in October
Livemint
... sanctioning of loans as per prudential norms, opening of accounts along with Aadhaar, mobile seeding of accounts and popularising the BHIM app, ...

Shiv Sena preps for oath ceremony with plan to sequester MLAs in Rajasthan
Hindustan Times
... yesterday sent out a message to its MLAs to come for the meeting on Friday with a change of clothes and identity documents such as Aadhaar card.

The new surveillance state
American Thinker (blog)
India's Aadhaar project is the world's largest biometric identification system use case, covering 1.246 billion people -- all of whom are given unique ...

Kavalappara landslide survivor denied aid to rebuild house on flimsy grounds
Onmanorama
Vinesh's family had lived one-and-half months in the camp and also presented copies of his passport and Aadhaar card to the officials concerned.

WhatsApp admits it could've handled data breach better
Economic Times
It informed Parliament that there was no proposal to link Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals, and said that Section 69A of the ...

Hyderabad: Aeronautical engineer steals gadgets, arrested
Deccan Chronicle
... Dhulipudi Srivatsava, 30, an aeronautical engineering graduate from Kukatpally would pose as an Air India pilot and create a fake Aadhaar card to ...

Orissa High Court orders SIT probe into alleged rape of minor Dalit girl
Hindustan Times
... had alleged in her complaint that she had gone to the market in Kunduli area of Koraput district to get her biometrics recorded for her Aadhaar card ...

Great grandmother appears for literacy equivalency exam in Kollam
Onmanorama
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 ...

CTET Admit Card 2019 Released; Check Steps to Download
Careers360
Along with the admit card candidates also need to carry one photo ID proof - Aadhaar Card, Voter ID Card, Driving Licence, PAN Card, Passport.

BJP creating environment of 'fear and intimidation' through NRC
Devdiscourse
"When already the Aadhaar and EPIC cards are in vogue, this is an unnecessary and wasteful process. It is meant only to fulfil the ruling party's ...
Home dept guidelines to ensure safety of cash
OrissaPOST
The security guards should be deployed in security of the cash vans after proper verification of his Aadhaar card. As per the new rules the security ...

Sensex falls 76.47 pts
United News of India
New Delhi, Nov 21 (UNI) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has operationalised 21 Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASK) as part of its plan to ...

Officials trained in use of Civil Supplies management system
Eastern Mirror
Sumit highlighted the PDS application software, ration cards management system, online allocation and Aadhaar based fair price shop automation to ...
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