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

Sunday, December 15, 2019

14334 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 14 December 2019


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 14 December 2019

NSDL ends Aadhaar e-sign services
Times of India
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: In a move that will impact brokerages in getting new investors, leading depository NSDL abruptly shut down Aadhaar e-sign ...

After eKYC, No More Aadhaar E-Sign Services For NBFCs
Inc42 Media
Mumbai-based depository for stocks and shares for Indian investors National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has shut down Aadhaar electronic ...

Fix Ujjwala: CAG audit points out problems, Aadhaar and third-party apps can fix
Financial Express
The audit findings make a strong case for not just Aadhaar linking of all family members of existing as well as new beneficiaries to ensure rigorous ...

NSDL shuts down Aadhaar e-sign service following UIDAI directives
Times Now
New Delhi: National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), the country's leading depository, abruptly shuts down Aadhaar e-sign services on ...

Do not have any address proof? Here's how you can still update Aadhaar address online
Times Now
New Delhi: Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) official website offers a host of online services to AAdhaar cardholders. You can easily ...

Link your PAN card with Aadhaar by December 31 or face these risks
India TV
The deadline to link Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar ends on December 31. The deadline for PAN Card-Aadhaar linking was ...

UIDAI files case for alleged misuse of Aadhaar data
Spring Hill Insider
Logo of Aadhaar. Photo: Twitter () The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has registered a criminal case against unknown persons after it ...

After citizenship law, Karnataka's Muslims rush to mosques to update documents for NRC
ThePrint
We cannot have a situation where our name varies from that mentioned in the Aadhaar card or voter ID card or passport,” Maulana Imran Masood, the ...

Paranoia grips city's Muslim community
The Hindu
People, especially of my grandparents' age, don't have any proof of identity except the Aadhaar card. They never kept proof of their birth in India; they ...

Yediyurappa raps officials over delay in flood aid distribution
The Hindu
“We have sought a report within a week on how to set right the issue of 37,000 account-holders who have not seeded Aadhaar and have not received ...

India is home to world's largest biometric data store, but is bad at handling it –says a report
News Hour Press India (blog)
At present, almost 1.25 billion Indians have enrolled themselves in the country's biometric program –Aadhaar, making India home to the world's largest ...

Hyderabad: Fear, anxiety grip poor Muslims
Deccan Chronicle
For themselves and their parents, it's a blank stare. All of them have Aadhaar cards which they carry with them wherever they go. But the Aadhaar card ...

Gujarat boy lost, found, lost again: He changes name, sends package
Times of India
“The firm's owner was helpful when we narrated the tale and he provided us with the Aadhaar card copy. The photo was unmistakably Ronak's but he ...

Maternity benefits still inaccessible for most Indian women
National Herald
The woman has to give her Aadhaar details, her husband's and this has to be the first child for both of them. All of this is for ₹5000 and even for this, ...

Mercury dips but shelter homes remain vacant in Agra
Times of India
Rambaran, a street dweller on MG Road, said, “I'm aware of the facility, but caretakers misbehave, demand Aadhaar or other IDs, which most of us ...

Check out the list of bills passed In 2019 by Narendra Modi government
Business Insider India
The law regulates, clarifies and amends some procedures related to Aadhaar in a way of easing and streamlining the use of Aadhaar identity card in ...

Starter's guide to health insurance plans in India
Hindustan Times
Age proof, identity proof, address proof – This can be any of the following: passport, driving license, voter's ID, PAN card, Aadhaar card, etc. Medical ...

Loose legal terms in Data Act pose risk
Deccan Chronicle
Sensitive personal data like health care data and Aadhaar card details might be given to certain third parties with exceptions. Allaying apprehensions ...

Database State to Surveillance State
Wellston Journal
UID/Aadhaar-based surveillance does not end with the collection of fingerprints and iris scan, it goes quite beyond it and poses a lethal threat to the ...

NEC targets $1B revenue in India, set for 5G trials
Economic Times
We are participating in the Aadhaar project. That's sort of a business model…is necessary to promote this type of solutions in developing countries.”.

FASTag to Become Mandatory From Tomorrow: How to Get, Recharge Online
NDTV
Similarly, the technology that is touted to be the Aadhaar for vehicles in the country recently piloted for parking purposes at Hyderabad airport to ...

List Of Most Searched 'How To' Guides On Google In India In 2019
Gizbot
To remind you, you can link PAN with Aadhaar by sending only an SMS. To be illustrative, just send an SMS to 567678 or 56161 from your registered ...

Staffing companies hail Bill on social security code
Financial Express
The code, which proposes universalisation of social security benefits to all workers, will make Aadhaar mandatory for seeding at the time of ...

A month after eviction, a dozen families left stranded in Chennai
The New Indian Express
"We also have our documents like Aadhaar cards and voters IDs and we have been living here since birth. We have not been given a proper ...

Andhra aids farmers of Swabhiman Anchal
OrissaPOST
... had provided all basic amenities to over 20 families of the village, that earlier possessed voter identity cards and Aadhaar cards issued by Odisha.

Express IT Awards: AI will bring social impact, says S Ramadorai
Financial Express
Use of Aadhaar, tablets and credit bureaus helped bankers underwrite small businesses and provide them the same quality of service as was ...

UPTET Admit card 2019: Released! Important dates to remember
Catch News
The Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB) has released the admit card for Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) exam on its official ...

Malakpet: AIMIM to distribute onions for 30 a kg
The Hans India
Malakpet: Even as the Rythu Bazars under State government scheme started giving onion under subsidy rate of Rs 40, as part of its welfare activities ...

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College recruitment 2019 for 30 Assistant Professor vacancies, notification ...
AglaSem News
Such shortlisted candidates need to then report with their testimonials and certificates in original along with valid photo ID such as aadhaar, voter ID, ...
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