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, December 19, 2019

14337- Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 17 December 2019


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 17 December 2019

Aadhaar card update: 21 Aadhaar centres ready in these cities, 93 more seva kendras coming soon
Livemint
NEW DELHI : Making it easier for you to update your Aadhaar card, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has opened 21 Aadhaar Seva ...

Letter to BS: Govt dealing with PAN-Aadhaar linking in casual manner
Business Standard
This refers to “Link your PAN with Aadhaar before Dec 31; it's mandatory, says I-T dept” (December 16). Curiously enough, the Central Board of Direct ...

Can Aadhaar be used for quick, online KYC? Brokerages await clarity
Business Standard
They earlier used the Aadhaar database to complete the KYC process online. Industry officials said that the on-boarding process became ...

PAN, Aadhaar card linking mandatory before December 31 - here's how you can do it
Moneycontrol.com
The Income Tax Department has made it mandatory for all citizens to link their PAN card to the Aadhaar card. The deadline for linking PAN to Aadhaar ...

NSDL reverses electronic signature service a day of discontinuing it; Fintech players still want ...
Firstpost
“This brings uncertainty in the business, it will be much better if they put out whether eSign services using Aadhaar-based eKYC are legal or not.

UIDAI's proposal for social media agency to monitor online platforms shelved: Centre tells SC
Economic Times
... management' and 'social listening' tools to monitor and influence conversations related to Aadhaar on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

No going back on CAA: Amit Shah defends Act amid protests, says Aadhaar cannot determine ...
Free Press Journal
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that there is 'no going back' when it comes to the newly passed Citizenship Amendment Act and dared ...

Q branch police detain six Sri Lankan Tamils
The Hindu
Police seized from them Sri Lankan passports, Aadhaar cards, mobile phones, SIM cards and Indian and Sri Lankan currency notes. Police said ...

Opinion | Why cash transfers won't work for fertilizer subsidies
Livemint
The enablers of DBT are the no-frills bank accounts called Jan Dhan, the universal identity number Aadhaar and the mobile phone, together called the ...

2019 was a roller coaster year for advisers
Morningstar India
From September 2018, fund companies had stopped accepting Aadhaar based e-KYC following the diktat from Supreme Court which struck down ...

UIDAI''s proposal for social media agency to monitor online platforms shelved: Centre tells SC
Outlook India
... management'' and ''social listening'' tools to monitor and influence conversations related to Aadhaar on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

Nitin Gadkari Approves Changes In Interest Subvention Scheme Guidelines For MSMEs
BloombergQuint
... Interest Subvention Scheme guidelines for micro, small and medium enterprises and dispensed with the requirement of Udyog Aadhaar Number for ...

Protests in the age of facial recognition: No legal oversight in implementation could lead to illegal ...
Firstpost
Indians are protesting and there is nothing new in it, but they are facing new forms of adversarial tactics from the State. Amid all the protests in Jamia ...

India's approach to national biometric ID applicable to 'all economies'
Central Banking
The Aadhaar programme was the world's first initiative to extend biometric ID to a whole population, write authors Derryl D'Silva, Zuzana Filkova, ...

Mashable 2019 Replays: From 'Gully Boy' To 'Knives Out', 8 Movies That Prove 2019 Was All About ...
Mashable India
The actual Aadhaar scheme introduced by the Government was meant to unify India in terms of identity. It would allow every Indian to get access to ...

'BJP wrecking Constitution through the backdoor'
The Hindu
... by the Supreme Court in many cases, particularly the Aadhaar case, the Puttasamy case and the Delhi government Vs the Lieutenant General case.

Musician murder case: Minor girl likely to be tried as adult
Free Press Journal
However, when our staff showed him her picture, he identified her as his sister and produced her birth certificate and Aadhaar card, which confirmed ...

Amit Shah reiterates call for pan-India National Register of Citizens: All you need to know
Hindustan Times
As Aadhaar is just identity proof and not residency proof, and applies to all residents (not just citizens), it will not be a valid document for NRC.

How to buy FASTag, recharge it online and offline from HDFC Bank
Economic Times
Registration certificate of your car; A valid driving license, PAN Card, Aadhaar Card, etc., for identity proof and address proof; Your (vehicle owner) ...

Ration card mandatory to buy onions at rythu bazaars
Times of India
Then we made it compulsory for customers to show their Aadhaar cards. But the problem is that each member of the family has a separate Aadhaar ...

K'pada non-Muslims dubbed 'Bangladeshis' happy with CAA
Daily Pioneer
“Here in Ramnagar ,I also possessed voter Identity card, Aadhaar Card ,Resident Identity card .Even, I and my wife too cast our vote several times in ...

High court scraps election of Azam Khan's son over age rule
Hindustan Times
Further, the Aadhaar card and PAN cards were also not issued before 2015. All these were done so that Abdullah's age could be shown above 25

Don't implement FASTag system: Tamil Nadu truck owners' association
Times of India
“People could register in the booths by producing photocopies of vehicle RC book, Aadhaar Card and their bank passbook,” the official said.

Social security code bill tabled in Lok Sabha
Hindustan Times
The bill will also empower the Centre to exempt certain establishments from all or any of provisions of the proposed code, which also makes Aadhaar ...

[Watch] MS Dhoni throws away the delivery of the Sakshi woman in rare video shared by the former ...
Tech Ballad (press release) (blog)
How to connect your PAN card online with your Aadhaar card. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the most inscrutable men in the cricket world.

J&K Bank conducts Financial Literacy Camp in RS Pura
State Times
They educated the customers regarding the importance of seeding Aadhaar and mobile numbers with their respective saving bank accounts.
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