AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14341 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 21 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

Sunday, December 22, 2019

14341 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 21 December 2019

Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 21 December 2019

Aadhaar card may no longer be proof of relationships
The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Aadhaar may no longer be used a proof of relationships and hence not useful for crucial purposes like obtaining legal heir certificates.

NRC process will be smooth: Prakash Javadekar
Yahoo India News
When asked what documents would be required to prove citizenship, the minister pointed to the Aadhaar card as proof. “Everybody has an Aadhaar ...

Gujarat: 7 refugees from Pakistan get Indian citizenship under CAA
ANI News
"Till 2014, we did not have Aadhaar cards and bank accounts. It was only after the BJP came to power that we got Aadhaar cards and banks accounts ...

Farm loan waiver within two to three months: Ajit Pawar
The Hindu
“It will be completed after identifying beneficiaries and is likely to be linked with Aadhaar. It is unlikely that the Centre will fund the scheme, because if it ...

Family on footpath next to mosque oblivious to stir
The Hindu
Mohammed Taiyyab (15) and his family, who live on the footpath next to Jama Masjid gate number 1, said they mostly slept throughout the protest but ...

Will NRC only target Muslims? A government clarification directly contradicts Amit Shah
Scroll.in
On Tuesday, Amit Shah, in a media interview stated that Aadhaar, voter card and other government documents do not prove citizenship. “These do not ...

2000 turn up for agitations against CAA, NRC in Panvel
The Hindu
There are many Adivasis living at the foothills in Raigad district who do not even have PAN and Aadhaar. They have enough struggles in their life and ...

Friends die on same day in 'CAA panic' in East Burdwan
Telegraph India
... block, over the past few days in the hope of finding land documents that would help them make changes in their Aadhaar cards,” said a neighbour.

Bank KYC Forms Soon to Have Column For Depositors to Mention Religion
LatestLY
Aadhaar Can be Used For KYC Verification by Banks, Says RBI. ... How to Unlink Aadhaar With Bank Account, Mobile Number and Private Wallet ...

The true cost of NRC
Mumbai Mirror
One is the enrolment in Aadhaar. There have been reports of Aadhaar numbers being given to dead people, or pets or even inanimate objects.

Portuguese passport holders, OCIs need not fear NRC: Goa BJP prez
Outlook India
They will have ID cards, licence, Aadhaar card, bank passbook or LIC policy. Any one document is enough (as proof)," Tendulkar said when asked ...

No new ration card needed for inter-state portability: Ram Vilas Paswan
Livemint
In Tamil Nadu, the use of ePoS devices in 34,700 FPSs has not started despite achieving 100 per cent Aadhaar seeding in ration cards. In Delhi, the ...

Migrants should be thrown out: Raj Thackeray
Economic Times
Thackeray also questioned the manner in which the CAA and NRC were going to be implemented amid reports that documents like Aadhaar Card, ...

Welfare scheme access challenge for urban poor: Report
Deccan Herald
While a large portion of the population had access to identity cards such as Aadhaar and voter ID, 42% of the people did not possesses Below Poverty ...

Let UN conduct referendum on CAA, says Mamata; multiple rallies choke Kolkata
Hindustan Times
“Some days ago they said Aadhaar card is mandatory for having bank accounts, ration cards, passports and phone connections...” the chief minister ...

DGP suspects hands of Bangladeshis in violence
Daily Pioneer
Sources said that the pink pamphlet distributed by Rashtravadi Janwadi Morcha said that Aadhaar card carried the finger print and eye retina proof ...

Citizens don't need to prove their ancestry, explains MHA
Hindustan Times
The FAQs said the documents that are “likely” to be accepted are “voter ID cards, passports, Aadhaar numbers, licenses, insurance papers, birth ...

Flawed claims about NREGA implementation
The Hans India
Third, it was claimed in the piece that payments have been streamlined with the use of Aadhaar. Sinha seemed to have completely ignored the ...

Crowd without a leader
The Tribune
... the first merely involved one mosque, whereas the second impacts every citizen who already has an Aadhaar card, a voter identity card, a PAN card, ...

CAA protests: Those born here before 1987 are Indians, clarifies government
Financial Express
This is likely to include voter cards, passports, Aadhaar, licences, insurance papers, birth certificates, school leaving certificates, documents relating to ...

CAA protests in malegaon: 'Time for making documents over, now is time to protest'
The Indian Express
“To get a spelling mistake in an Aadhaar card corrected, you need a letter from your local MLA. In the first few weeks after I got elected, at least a ...