AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14340 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 20 December 2019

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

Saturday, December 21, 2019

14340 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 20 December 2019

Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 20 December 2019

Govt Could Allow Aadhaar eKYC For NBFCs To Push Growth
Inc42 Media
The SC ruling last year said Aadhaar is mandatory only for filing income tax returns and for the allotment of PAN, and won't be essential for opening ...

Urgent! Aadhaar-PAN linking last date is nearing; watch video to link Aadhaar-PAN online in just 5

Financial Express
With just a few days to go before the deadline for linking Aadhaar and PAN ends, Income Tax department has categorically stated that it is mandatory ...

FPJ Exclusive: Aadhaar may be linked for crop loan waiver; Ajit Pawar
Free Press Journal
Nagpur: NCP leader and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday reiterated Maha Vikas Aghadi government's commitment to provide ...

From Aadhaar as proof of citizenship to dumping legacy data for NRC, Centre's FAQ on CAA ...
Firstpost
On Friday, the govt released a clarification in question and answer format on the CAA and its connection to NRC; The primer, however, presents more ...

Facial recognition in India is a massive cause for concern for us all
SC Magazine UK
The Aadhaar identity database already holds people's biometric data - including fingerprints and iris scans - next to citizens' sensitive personal ...

Amit Shah in line of fire as Mamata Banerjee leads third CAA protest
Hindustan Times
The Trinamool Congress chief also said that if Aadhaar is not a proof of citizenship as per the home minister, then why was it linked to welfare .

High rate of exclusion of urban poor from social welfare schemes: Study
The Hindu
... did not have a voter identity card, 42% did not have a BPL ration card, 5% did not have an Aadhaar card, and 68.5% did not have a PAN card.

Farmer suicides: Children to get free edu
Deccan Chronicle
... the DTE's official website www.dte.kar.nic.in and mention their Aadhaar number, their dead father's Aadhaar card number and details of his suicide.

Civil disobedience
Daily Pioneer
It is built on a deep distrust of all existing criteria of citizenship with the BJP Government insisting that they, Aadhaar included, have been manipulated ...

Now Government Says, You Don't Need To Provide Your Parents' Or Pre-1971 Documents For NRC
India Times
Earlier you had to submit a lot of documents to be included in NRC like voter card, passport, Aadhaar, license, insurance papers, birth certificate, ...

Global enterprises welcome in India, but need to follow law of land: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Economic Times
Lauding the achievements of Modi government in the technology sector, he said, “India's Aadhaar and UPI have become a global example.

''NRC to be smooth, no Indian to be deprived of citizenship''
Outlook India
"People got their Aadhaar very easily. I can assure whenever NRC happens, it will be so smooth and not a single Indian citizen will be deprived of ...

Priyanka Chaturvedi Raises Questions About The Authenticity Of FAQs On CAA And NRC
Republic World
For instance, in the answer to question 7 regarding documents required to prove citizenship, it is stated that Aadhaar can be designated as an ...

PMUY: When implementation goes awry
The Hindu BusinessLine
While the government has consistently reiterated that is has a secure Aadhaar linked system to facilitate payment of subsidies, the CAG report ...

Entire India Will Have One Ration Card: One Nation, One Ration Card Will Go Live From June ...
Trak.in (blog)
After this implementation, the services would be provided after biometric/Aadhaar authentication on ePoS (electronic Point of Sale) devices, Paswan, ...

Security tightens, Delhi people restricted to enter Jama Masjid without identity
Republic World
Amid the rampant protest across the nation over CAA, people at Jama Masjid mosque who came to offer their prayers on Friday were not allowed to ...

Sandeep Mittal left red-faced on Twitter
Telangana Today
He is known for his expose on data leakage and related issues of Aadhaar. “My dear @smittal_ips, Bro, we need to discuss. Your account has not ...

Saved economy that was heading towards disaster, says PM Modi
Deccan Chronicle
"From providing measures to increase digital transactions to GST, and from Aadhaar linked payments to DBT, we have tried to include such positive ...

Odisha To Use 5T Governance Model To Double Farmers' Income
Odisha Television Ltd.
Aadhaar and mobile numbers of landless farmers and sharecroppers will also be added to the database which will be prepared by April 2020.

citizenship costs claims kk shailaja Teacher: Fear maybe not Anganwadi employees; That study ...
OBN
Employees shop information through a particular software to their smartphone. The minister stated in a Facebook post that most the facts of Aadhaar ...

TISSNET 2020 Admit Card Released @ tiss.edu; Exam on 04 Jan 2020
AglaSem News
The id proof can be voter id card, aadhaar card, pan card, etc. Candidates have to carry it in original. Candidates with visual impairment are given an ...

NID Admit Card 2020 released; Prelims on 29 Dec
AglaSem News
... to be carried as original and it can any one of these – PAN card, driving license, voter ID, passport, employee identification card or aadhaar card.