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, December 9, 2019

14330 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 8 December 2019


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 8 December 2019
NEWS

PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline December 31: Consequences of not linking; How to link via SMS ...
Times Now
In Budget 2019, the government had revised the consequences of not linking PAN with Aadhaar; Supreme Court upheld the section 139AA of the

mAadhaar review: An upgraded app with new interface; now allows users to add 3 profiles
Economic Times
The first section, secured with a four-digit PIN, allows Aadhaar holders to lock or unlock biometric authentication, share eKYC offline, generate OTP ...

Syntizen bullish on video KYC tool
Telangana Today
“There could be cases where Aadhaar data is saved as spreadsheets, ... one, it will identify the 12 digits on it and check if it is a valid Aadhaar or not.

71.24 Crore Mobile Connections Linked With Aadhaar, Says Prasad
Valliant News
“Linking of Aadhaar with personal bank accounts is being done based on the amendments that have been effected in the Prevention of Money ...
India Post Payments Bank: QR card without PIN, doorstep banking, unique features
Livemint
If you use Aadhaar card to open this account, you can easily access all the Aadhaar linked accounts through doorstep banking facility. facility. Not only ...

[NEWSWRAP] India Top News, December 8, 2019: From Delhi's massive fire tragedy to Unnao ...
Times Now
The deadline to link PAN (permanent account number) with Aadhaar is December 31, 2019, earlier the last date to link was September 30, 2019, ...

'Aadhaar is a major national security risk'
Denton Daily
Nikhil Pahwa, founder, editor and publisher of the Web site Medianama, is a vociferous critic of Aadhaar. He has still not got an Aadhaar card and says ...

Aadhaar remains valid but SC strikes down some sections to boost privacy
Denton Daily
The Aadhaar judgement was pronounced by a five-judge bench of Dipak Misra, Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan ...

Aadhaar: Govt should pass legislation on data sharing, privacy, say experts
Denton Daily
"The judgement is the culmination of a long and healthy debate on Aadhaar, in the best traditions of a democratic society that India can truly be proud ...

TR-PORTABILITY-RATION CARD
Outlook India
The state government has provided Aadhaar-based point of sale (POS) machines in 1,810 fair price shops under the system for distribution of rations, ...

SC's Aadhaar verdict opens UIDAI-licensed entities to legal suits
Denton Daily
In its verdict on Wednesday, the Supreme Court (SC) scrapped Section 47 of the Aadhaar Act, which means individual Aadhaar cardholders or ...
From Section 377 to Aadhaar: 5 key judgments by CJI Dipak Misra
Denton Daily
As Chief Justice of India, Misra has passed various judgments on important cases, ranging from the one on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar to the ...

Child marriage prevented in Hassan
The Hindu
Aadhaar card is not proof of age,” said Papa Bovi, deputy director of the department. The guests gathered to witness the wedding left after having ...

Pakistani living in Kurnool for 12 years held in Secunderabad
The Hindu
Khan further managed to get Aadhaar cards for himself and his family and voter ID cards. On November 21 they got their passports from Regional ...

Don't seek document other than those prescribed: DEO to schools
The Tribune
... of residence in Chandigarh, latest salary statement issued by the employer, bank account statement for the past three years, copy of Aadhaar Card, ...

Odisha govt finally wakes up to Malkangiri disabled man plight
The New Indian Express
In the absence of disability certificate, he was denied a unique identification number under Aadhaar. As his bank account is not linked to Aadhaar, ...

Will Govt's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Scheme Be a Boon for Poor? Experts Feel Otherwise
News18
It will also not include those fair price shops (FPS) that are not equipped with operational electronic point of sale (ePOS) and biometric/Aadhaar ...

Mera Onion Mahan
Telegraph India
In Varanasi, the Samajwadi Party's youth wing workers are giving onions on loan against Aadhaar cards or silver jewellery. Congress party workers in ...

Separated for over a decade, 19-yr-old from Andhra finds family with help of employer
The News Minute
There, she was asked to produce her aadhaar and other documents needed to be submitted as identification proof with the nearest police station.

Odisha: 28 per cent more paddy purchase registered after initial hiccups
The New Indian Express
This year Aadhaar verification of farmers to participate in the procurement process has been made mandatory to avoid ghost farmers. However, elderly ...

BJP slams CM for opening doors to TDP leaders: Kanna Lakshminarayana
The Hans India
Amaravati: The BJP has accused Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy of failing on many fronts, including establishing the alleged corruption of the ...

Finance firm owner loses Rs 50L in SIM card fraud
Times of India
“We are yet to receive the information from the bank, but it is prima facie suspected that the suspect obtained details of his Aadhaar Card or made a ...

Gang involved in impersonating aspirants of CTET busted
Outlook India
It has seized Rs 61,630, a car, a motorcycle, one mobile phone, four Aadhaar cards, six PAN cards, two voter IDs, eight ATM cards, two cheque books, ...

Ancient wheat variety touted as revolutionary
The Tribune
We have a unified payment interface, Aadhaar, direct subsidy transfer and eNaam. The traceability of the seed is assured. We have roped in 8,000 ...

Do government's welfare schemes influence the patterns of voting?
Hindustan Times
These schemes were also integrated with Aadhaar. In the run-up to the 2019 elections, the central government launched a new cash transfer directed ...

Man cheats woman friend, forges papers, buys used car in her name
The New Indian Express
He took her Aadhaar card, PAN card and bank statements for three months, and asked her to sign three blank cheques. A few days later, she got a call ...

Jharkhand: Why Starvation Deaths Are Not a Poll Issue?
NewsClick
There have been so many problems because of Aadhaar, but no one has promised that they will delink Aadhaar from the welfare schemes. Congress ...

India Post mobile app: How to access your post office savings account
Times Now
Upon entering OTP, the customer will have to enter the Aadhaar number and accept the conditions for Aadhaar authentication. He or she can then go ...

Amritsar Man Fakes His Murder for Loan Waiver and Insurance Money
News18
Aadhaar, PAN and ATM cards with some photos were recovered from the scene. "A bottle of oil was also recovered from the car," he said. Anoop's ...
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