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

Thursday, November 28, 2019

14320 - Aadhaar Articles dated 26th Nov 2019


90% of people trust data is safe with Aadhaar: Report
Economic Times
Around 95% of adults in the country have Aadhaar and 90% of people trust their data is safe in the Aadhaar system, along with that 80% of the ...

Piped-water scheme to be Aadhaar-linked
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The government will link the Aadhaar number of the head of the household for each functional tap water connection under the Jal ...

Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on plea against use of Aadhaar data by private companies
ThePrint
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the amendments made ...

30% of homeless, 27% of third-gender residents don't have Aadhaar: Report
Business Standard
Thirty per cent of homeless people in India and 27 per cent of third-gender residents do not have Aadhaar, according to a survey by consultancy firm ...

New 'Jan Aadhaar' card to cost Rs 18cr to state exchequer
Times of India
Jaipur: Jan Aadhaar card, which the Gehlot-government wants to introduce replacing previous Raje government's Bhamashah card, will cost the state ...

Jeevan Pramaan Patra: Pre-requisites, four modes of submission of life certificate
Times Now
It enables the pensioner to generate this certificate using a software application and secure Aadhaar based Biometric Authentication System.

How to open Atal Pension Yojana account: Know steps here
India Today
Though Aadhaar is not mandatory for enrolment, you can provide your Aadhaar and mobile number to the bank during registration to facilitate receipt ...

At 105, Kerala's eldest equivalency learner Bhageerathi Amma still awaits her pension
EdexLive
"Agents from the Aadhaar office have not been able to register her biometric details, despite several attempts, because of her fading fingerprint and ...

Money Bills and the Pakistan Supreme Court
Bar & Bench
Arvind P Datar and Rahul Unnikrishnan. While considering the validity of various provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other ...

Gang that used forged papers to buy cars on loan busted
Hindustan Times
The accused forged documents like Aadhaar card, bank statements, driving licence etc to commit the fraud. Three Aadhaar cards – bearing different ...

Data Rich Before Getting Rich
Economic Times (blog)
The next few years will deliver that scale of digital rollout, building on the foundation of Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and mobile (JAM). It has already ...

Digital payment frauds: Know how you can avoid payment-related scams
Financial Express
As your mobile phone number is linked to your Aadhaar and financial accounts, no bank or company shall ask for this information. Similarly, as all ...

GST: Aadhaar verification must for new dealers
Daily Stock Dish
BENGALURU: In order to check malpractices in GST, the Network on Saturday decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification ...

105-yr-old role model learner fails to clear pension hurdle
The New Indian Express
But the Kollam native has to rue her old age as that has stopped her from receiving any pension due to her failure in getting an Aadhaar card.

IT Ministry Said to Not Favour Aadhaar-Social Media Linkage, No Official Position Yet
Daily Stock Dish
The Information Technology Ministry may not be in favour of linking Aadhaar with social media profiles under the reasoning that it clashes with earlier ...

Biometric mustering in full swing in Kozhikode
The Hindu
Corporation Secretary Binu Francis said mustering was being done free of cost, and that the beneficiaries need to produce only their Aadhaar cards as ...

If you have Aadhaar will Indian customers in 1700 iphone-7, just You need to do these things
Maldio (blog)
If you have Aadhaar itYou Rs 1700. Can buy. You can tell that the iPhone 7 Price MarketAlmost 60,000 Rs. Is being described. # Marketing of iPhone ...

Indian coffee chain in hot water over facial recognition technology
Telegraph.co.uk
The government launched the Aadhaar policy in 2009 which saw the recording of fingerprints, photographs and iris scans of more than 1.2 billion ...

Provident Fund: Has EPFO asked you to deposit any amount in bank? Beware!
Financial Express
Last month also, EPFO had Provident Fund account holders against sharing personal details like Aadhaar, PAN, Bank details etc over phone with ...

1467 pilgrims visit Kartarpur — highest since opening of corridor
The Tribune
... number of devotees would go up, he said, adding that the requirement of passport be replaced with other documents such as Aadhaar or voter card.

TNOU to hold a job fair
The Hindu
... of their educational certificates, two passport size photographs and copies of their identity card or Aadhaar card. For details, contact: 044-24306611; ...

Missing mothers: Large chunk of intended beneficiaries falling through the scheme for pregnant ...
Financial Express
Also, there are issues of the spelling of names on the Aadhaar not matching that on the bank passbook. Nor does the scheme take into account single ...

Digital India's 'Magic Wand' Creates More Problems Than Solutions In Jharkhand, Finds Survey
IndiaSpend
Similarly, they paid an average of Rs 80 for every Aadhaar-related service ... For Aadhaar-related transactions, 42% users had to additionally visit a ...

Storm settles down
The Tribune
Besides, the devotees visiting the gurdwara through the corridor will not be allowed to go anywhere else in Pakistan. So only a copy of Aadhaar card ...

Key challenge is to motivate children to go to school: Harsh Goenka
Livemint
The government has made the effort to enrol over 1.2 billion people on Aadhaar. Banking is now on virtual platforms and fund transfers happen by just ...

Delhi police nab 3 terror suspects
The Hindu
Luit was a supervisor at an Aadhaar enrolment centre, while the other two were working as labourers. The three men were in touch with some other ...

60-year-old man found dead on railway track
Daily Pioneer
Upon reaching there, an Aadhaar card was found with the body, identifying the man as Joginder Randhawa, a resident of Lakshman Jhula Chowk in ...

Aadhaar Card App : पहले से ज्यादा सिक्योर हुई mAadhaar ऐप, UIDAI ने लॉन्च की नई ऐप
BGR India हिंदी
आधार संख्या जारी करने वाली संस्था आइडेंटीफिकेशन अथॉरिटी ऑफ इंडिया (UIDAI) ने अपनी ऐप mAadhaar को पहले से ...

Mini job mela at Collectorate today in Kakinada
The Hans India
Those interested can attend with their certificates, Aadhaar identification and Xerox copies of certificates before 9 am. For further details, the interested ...

Jagananna Amma Vodi scheme first list likely by December 1
The New Indian Express
The details include Aadhaar numbers of both student and mother, ration card ... For Amma Vodi scheme, Aadhaar card and white ration cards are ...

Hulimavu lake breach: Tennis court turns into relief camp
The Hindu
... of Krishna Layout, said, “Even as the water level was rising, we were asked to retrieve important documents like Aadhaar and other ID cards. But we ...

SSC CGL 2019 application registration last date today; Hurry, apply at sss.nic.in
Zee Business
The SSC has clarified in its notification that all candidates appearing in the CGL must carry an original Photo ID Card that mentions their Date of Birth ...
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