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 26, 2019

14344 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 25 December 2019


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 25 December 2019


Aadhaar 'introducer' plan needs big publicity boost
Times of India
PUNE: When 21-year-old Bharati had to apply for an Aadhaar card after she lost all her documents, she approached the local MLA, MP and ...

Indore: Indian diplomat visits city to update family's Aadhaar details
Free Press Journal
Indore: An Indian diplomat, who belongs to city, set an example for others on Tuesday as he completed formalities to upgrade Aadhaar card details of ...

Your PAN card will be canceled after six days, get linked with Aadhaar, Click here to know
OBN
The Income Tax Department has made it mandatory to link all PAN cards with Aadhaar. Its last deadline is December 31, 2019. The Income Tax ...

Under All-India NRC, Passport May Not Be Enough to Prove Citizenship
The Wire
While an Aadhaar card can be legally acquired by a resident foreign national, the voters' ID list also has not been seen as the sole legal guarantor of ...

Fact check: Is the government right in denying NPR-NRC link?
Frontline
Biometrics were collected during last NPR for some, and biometrics collected for Aadhaar were used for others. As Aadhaar coverage saturation is ...

Maharashtra clears ₹21216 crore for crop loan waiver
The Hindu
The entire process will include four steps. The first includes the announcement and publicity of the scheme, the eligibility, and the linking of Aadhaar.

UIDAI Launches More Secure mAadhaar App
http://www.newsgram.com/
Users can download Aadhaar card, offline eKYC, show or scan QR code, order a reprint, update address, verify Aadhaar, verify mail/email, retrieve ...

Net blockade leaves UP at a net financial loss
Economic Times
“The Aadhaar-Enabled Payment System has been severely affected. Our members on the ground have written to us, but the exact extent of the impact ...

Syntizen to deploy digital identification solution for Telangana transport department
Telangana Today
Syntizen offers digital identification products including ABAS (Aadhaar-based Attendance System), edo Suite (Aadhaar masking solution), and ...

MGNREGA: Superficial progress
Millennium Post
Sinha seemed to have completely ignored the widespread issues related to Aadhaar. Money going to completely unrelated accounts, payments ...

Passport, Voter ID card and Adhaar Card are no proof of Indian citizenship: Officials
MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) New Delhi, December 22 (Express News Service): Top government officials on Friday clarified that Aadhaar, voter ID card ...

How consumers have benefited from Digital Transformation in India
Financial Express
The JAM (Jan Dhan – Aadhaar – Mobile Phones) trinity, as a Harvard Business Review called it, played a major role in the evolution of digital ...

CAA: UP Police Tortured Children Swept Up In Citizenship Law Protests
HuffPost India
Ishan Tankha A 15 year old child shows bruised caused, he said, by a violent beating at the hands of the Uttar Pradesh police. NAGINA, Uttar Pradesh ...

Chargesheet filed in Kamlesh Tiwari murder case
Outlook India
They gave their original Aadhaar cards at the hotel they had checked into and their faces were clearly visible in the CCTV footage. The ATS Gujarat ...

CM steps up pitch, says Centre fanning fear
Times of India
“A few years ago, they were insisting all of us get Aadhaar cards. They wanted people to link Aaadhar number to bank accounts and phone services.

India- Everything you need to know about applying for birth certificate
MENAFN.COM
They need to provide details like place, date, and time of their birth to the registrar, submit the required documents like Aadhaar card, an educational ...

QBullet: Govt Clears NPR; India to Get 1st Chief of Defence Staff
The Quint
Sharing one's Aadhaar/passport, driving licence and voter ID details will be voluntary. The information for both census and NPR will be collected by ..

Distress signal: Jharkhand voter has sent a terse message to political parties: it's the economy, stupid
Economic Times (blog)
Recall how several starvation deaths were reported here amid criticism over the hasty rollout of PDS-Aadhaar linkage in remote areas. Handouts like ...

NDA's version differs 2010 NPR by UPA government: Congress on National Population Register
The New Indian Express
The senior Congress leader also said: "2020 Version adds: 1) Date & Place of Birth of Parents 2) Last Place of Residence 3) Aadhaar ID 4) Driving ...

Oppn pushing country into 'spiral of violence': Chouhan
Deccan Herald
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday alleged that the Congress and other opposition parties are trying to ...

BJP posts Chidambaram's old NPR clip
Hindustan Times
Aadhaar faced uncertainty for several months amid lingering questions on the viability of two parallel database when both the UIDAI and the NPR ...

Farmers from 29 capital region villages in Andhra Pradesh shoot off letters to PM Modi
The New Indian Express
... besides demonstrating protests in Mandadam, Velagapudi and other villages, sent three-page letters to PM Modi, duly attaching their Aadhaar cards ...

"I am scared about NRC, can't deny it," AIADMK Minister Nilofer Kafeel to TNM
Yahoo India News
However, with reports suggesting that Aadhaar, voter ID card and passport are not citizenship documents, her audience remained unconvinced.

NPR: Opposition accuses BJP government of lies, deceit
The New Indian Express
“There has been a lot of controversy around the Aadhaar data also. One has to be careful how the data is preserved and how its confidentiality is ...

Mobile banking can be used even without internet, this method is so easy
OBN
... generating mini statements, fund transfer through MMID (code allocated by banks on mobile banking registration), IFSC code or Aadhaar number.

Maharashtra Cabinet Approves Farm Loan Waiver, Meal Scheme for Poor
News18
Patil had said those wanting to avail of the waiver will need to approach their bank only with Aadhaar card. Members of Parliament, legislators and ...

Citizenship Amendment Act: Beware of myths
State Times
When the Aadhaar card exercise was initiated, people expressed doubts as to how the poor will get documents to prove their identity. Ten years down ...
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