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, January 5, 2020

14355 - Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 4 January 2020


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 4 January 2020

How to update your Aadhaar card address online and track status
Livemint
Aadhaar cardholders will no longer have to wait in queues and pay any charges to get their address changed. The Unique Identification Authority of ...

Indian Partners Brief Afghanistan Officials on Aadhaar ID Program
findBIOMETRICS
“Aadhaar is the world's most ambitious civil biometric identity program. Indian citizens are assigned an Aadhaar number connected to biometric ...

Odisha orders linking of pensioners accounts with Aadhaar by April 2020
Hindustan Times
“At present, Aadhaar seeding is about 91 per cent in case of NSAP and about 73 per cent in the case of Madhu Babu Pension Yojana in Odisha and it ...

Syntizen for citizens: The face of new digital BFSI, govt services
Times of India
We did so by using the Aadhaar number as it provided name, address, gender, age and date of birth of a customer at one go, which helps in basic ...

NRC bogey hits health surveys, patients refuse details
Deccan Herald
“When we ask for Aadhaar cards, they refuse to share it saying it could be used for NRC,” she said. Even as they have informed higher-ups about it, ...

PAN card: Check if it is mandatory for you to have one
Livemint
With effect from September 2019, the income tax department has allowed interchangeability of PAN and Aadhaar cards. In case you do not have a ...

Aadhaar fraud turns techie's life into hell: Never share Aadhaar photo with others
International Business Times, India Edition
Aadhaar Card is an important document for Indians, which is considered a proof of residence. More than 1.2 billion people have enrolled for Aadhaar ...

State starts prep to roll out farm loan waiver scheme from Jan 7
Hindustan Times
“Aadhaar will be the basis on which the scheme will be implemented. District collectors have been asked to publish lists of all the bank accounts ...

Opposition's duplicitous stand
THE WEEK
Aadhaar becomes an important tool in the NPR process as the data is to be collected through a mobile application. Those with Aadhaar need not give ...

Adalats for LIFE Mission beneficiaries begin
The Hindu
Services such as making changes in Aadhaar card, opening of bank accounts, self-employment ventures and loans, medical aid, Chief Minister's ...

Anti-CAA stir: queer groups, sex workers take centre stage
The Hindu
... of birth of father and mother, the last place of residence”, along with Aadhaar (optional), voter ID card, mobile phone and driving licence numbers.

Denied permission, anti-CAA rally called off
The Hindu
We thought Aadhaar cards and passports were sufficient to prove we are a part of this great nation, but now everything is confusing.” Shweta Vaidya ...

“Innovate, patent, produce, prosper” – Modi's message to the students for faster development
Daily Gaming Worlld (press release) (blog)
The Prime Minister also attributed Aadhaar-backed technological advances to these benefits. Aadhaar critics have previously alleged that they have ...

Didi to Modi: Are you a Pakistan envoy?
Times of India (press release) (blog)
The CM then referred to the host of documents (voter's ID, PAN, Aadhaar) that a citizen is required to link with bank accounts and mobile phone ...

'Nepalese-looking' sisters' passports provisional: RPO
The Tribune
Kabiraj explained that the mere fact that a person has Aadhaar card, PAN card or ration card doesn't necessarily mean that he or she has Indian ...

Hyderabad: Four held for duping e-commerce customers
Deccan Chronicle
They create fake identification cards in the name of the e-commerce sites, fake Aadhaar cards, and PAN cards, and send to the victim to make her ...

Muslims boycott survey mistaking it for NRC
Deccan Herald
The Health department conducts CBS every year in urban areas and collects all details, including Aadhaar number, residential address, details of ...

Attack on media persons: Police summon 15 villagers in Guntur
The New Indian Express
The farmers have been asked to appear before Chilakaluripet rural and Tenali police with Aadhaar cards. The attack had taken place during Mouna ...

SBI Launches Cash Withdrawal Through OTP To Secure ATM Transactions
Inc42 Media
Previously, the government had also brought cardless withdrawals at ATMs with Aadhaar cards. The users had to use their unique 12-digit Aadhar ...

Fraud Paytm Employees Rob Rs 5 Lakh From 6 Users In Maharashtra: KYC Fraud Strikes Again ...
Trak.in (blog)
The called further asked the complainant to share his Aadhaar and PAN numbers, which the victim did. Over the next two days, the complainant ...

Congress leaders ignorant about CAA: Nadda
Outlook India
Describing Congress leaders as "totally ignorant", Nadda ridiculed them for saying that the authorities would seek passports and Aadhaar cards in ...

'Nafrat Ke Khilaaf Savitribai': Womxn Reject Fascism
Feminism in India (blog)
... among people, that even government-issued documents like passports, voter, Aadhaar and PAN cards, are not proof enough of citizenship.

Anti-CAA protests a result of people's suspicion about Narendra Modi govt's intentions, says ex-FM ...
Firstpost
... He also argued that with Aadhaar in place, there was no need for a National Population Register (NPR) as biometric details of people are already ...

Rs 5000 per day penalty for firms failing to operationalise RuPay, BHIM options
The New Indian Express
... more than Rs 50 crore, shall offer low-cost digital modes of payment (such as BHIM UPI, UPI QR Code, Aadhaar Pay, Debit Cards, NEFT, RTGS etc.) ...

Health survey mistaken for NRC; Muslims boycot
The Siasat Daily
The Asha workers have the responsibility of collecting information which includes Aadhaar number, residential address, details of family members, ...

Medicos gear up for Neet-PG at 5 centres on Sunday
Times of India
... SMC or MCI registration, and any one of their authorized photo IDs, either PAN card, driving license, Voter ID, Passport or Aadhaar card with photo.

Skill training at RUDSETI
Star of Mysore
Aadhaar card, Caste / Income certificate, Photo, BPL/APL card are compulsory for attending the programme. Though the education is not mandatory ...

Parthasarathy Temple gears up for Vaikunta Ekadasi
News Today
The price for the special ticket has been hiked this year to Rs 500 and devotees can get the tickets from 1 pm today by showing ID proof like Aadhaar ...
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