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

14338 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 18 December 2019


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 18 December 2019
NEWS

Aadhaar Card: List of documents for application
Times of India
NEW DELHI: One needs to submit certain documents whether he/she is applying for the first time for Aadhaar or updating the information in the ...

How to apply for Aadhaar card?
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Aadhaar is a 12-digit universal identity number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and serves as an identity ...

The agency behind the world's largest biometric identification system drops its plan to monitor ...
Business Insider India
The sole purpose of Aadhaar identification is limited to executing social welfare measures as per the Supreme Court's ruling in September 2018.

Amit Shah said Aadhaar card is not a proof of citizenship
Devdiscourse
Amit Shah said Aadhaar card is not a proof (ofcitizenship) then why are you linking everything with it?,says Mamata Banerjee.

DSS urges govt to open more Aadhaar Centres in T Narasipura
citytoday
Mysuru, December 18:- The members of Dalita Sangharsha Samithi staged protest on Tuesday, urging the government to open more Aadhaar ...

Indira Canteens likely to be renamed after Valmiki
Deccan Herald
“To address the issue, the government has decided to make it mandatory for the beneficiaries to link their accounts to Aadhaar. Based on Aadhaar, the ...

Six Sri Lankans Arrested for Illegal Living in India, They Have Aadhaar Card and Bank Account ...
OBN
Six Sri Lankan Tamils, who're concealing in Tamil Nadu, were arrested on Tuesday. These individuals were attempting to escape back again to Sri ...

UIDAI drops monitoring agency plan
The Hindu
The nodal agency for Aadhaar conveyed its decision to a Bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph on a petition filed by Trinamool Congress MP ...

How to Link Aadhaar Card to Pan Card Online
Tentaran
How to Link Aadhaar Card with Pan Card – An Aadhaar card is a 12-digit unique identity number voluntarily obtained by residents or passport holders ...

Withdrawn tender for social media monitoring agency: UIDAI
The New Indian Express
The authority claimed the utility of this monitoring agency would help in gauging public sentiment in connection with Aadhaar and also assist in sorting ...

There's no alternative to Aadhaar
Denton Daily
Aadhaar has achieved near universality as it provides identification to more than 1.2 billion Indian residents. Its scale, ability to uniquely identify ...

Over 40% of Ujjwala beneficiaries not vetted for duplication: CAG
The Hindu BusinessLine
“In order to rule out existing LPG connection in beneficiaries' household, de-duplication was to be carried out on Aadhaar of all family members.

nellore aadhar: Adar card for teenage girl's suicide! – andhra pradesh nellore federal government ...
OBN
Since the Aadhaar ID card just isn't offered, the lady who was simply introduced from work is not gone back to work despite getting the identification ...

FM chairs GST Council meeting to review taxation structure for enhancing revenue collections
All India Radio
The Council had also decided to link Aadhaar with the registration of taxpayers under GST. It also examined the possibility of making Aadhaar number ...

DNB PDCET 2020: Admit Card Released; Download NOW
Education Medical Dialogues
In case, the candidate reports to the test center with e-Aadhaar card with Aadhaar number printed on it as proof of identity, the e-Aadhaar card should ...

GST centres to help file returns
Times of India
... is looking to set up facilitation centres on the lines of Aadhaar Seva Kendras to help traders and micro, small and medium enterprises file returns.

Douse flames, don't set country afire: Mamata tells Shah
CanIndia News
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) Assailing Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his comment that Aadhaar was not a proof of citizenship, West Bengal Chief ...

Women team selection for national volleyball championship on Friday
Daily Pioneer
The selection procedure for the 68th Senior National Volleyball Championship which will be held in Bhubaneswar is going on. While the state's men ...

NEWSALERT-MAMATA-SHAH 3
Yahoo India News
Amit Shah said Aadhaar card is not a proof (of citizenship) then why are you linking everything with it?, says Mamata Banerjee. PTI PNT ACD ACD.

Defanging RTI
Daily Pioneer
Obviously, the RTI petitions had led to embarrassing revelations on demonetisation, Aadhaar and even bank NPAs. The judiciary, too, has not been ...

New hunger games in jobless Bharat
Livemint
The use of technology like Aadhaar— introduced to reduce corruption and pilferage—has meant additional hardship for families. Around 12 noon on ...

When Prakash Karat batted for the 'persecuted'
Times of India
NEW DELHI: In contrast to his party's opposition to Citizenship Amendment Act, CPM's Prakash Karat had drawn a distinction between minorities who ...

Amit Shah has to douse fire cause by amended citizenship law: Mamata
Yahoo India News
The TMC supremo said if Aadhaar is not a proof of citizenship as per the home minister, then why was it linked to welfare schemes and the banking

Need to temper personal data protection law
The New Indian Express
In 2017, the UIDAI admitted in an RTI response that government websites have made Aadhaar-related data public. There's no guarantee that citizens' ...

Sambalpur Farmers End Agitation Over Token System
Odisha Television Ltd.
If the iris biometric scan fails, a relative of the farmer would be issued token after due verification of his Aadhaar card and other documents. Besides ...

Special voter registration drive on Jan 6, 8
Deccan Herald
To enrol in the electoral list, one can furnish the school certificate, birth certificate, Aadhaar card, passport, SSLC/PU marks cards, PAN card or medical ...

New Blockchain-based Vajra Platform Announced by NPCI: A Move Towards Improving Payment ...
CryptoNewsZ
There are three types of nodes as specified by NPCI; namely, Clearing House node (CHN) specified for NPCI, UIDAI node that is specified for Aadhaar ...

Will not submit required documents: Osmania University students
Deccan Chronicle
“Of late, they have been carrying their Aadhaar cards, the only valid document many have, with them. But the other documents are not available.

Govt planning to set up GST centres to help small traders in return filing
ET Now
New Delhi: Like Aadhaar centres, the government is planning to set up GST centres which will help small businesses in filing their returns as ...

BECIL Announces Fresh Vacancies For 12th Pass And Graduates
Odisha Television Ltd.
... photocopies of educational/ experience certificates, two passport size photograph, PAN Card, Aadhaar Card and non-refundable registration fee.
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