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

Friday, January 17, 2020

14367- Aadhaar-Daily update 16 January 2020


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 16 January 2020

PAN card details will not be sought for NPR, Aadhaar number sharing voluntary
Livemint
However, other questions that seek details of mobile number, Aadhaar number, Voter ID card number, driving licence number, date of birth, birth place ...

Aadhaar must for student scholarship: Higher edu dept
Times of India
Bhubaneswar: The state higher education department has issued a notification making Aadhaar mandatory for students to avail of scholarships under ...

Aadhaar card download: What is Masked Aadhaar, its benefits and how to get
Zee Business
Aadhaar card download: Ever since the government has introduced Aadhaar card - a unique identification number for all citizens - it has found ways to ...

Social media rules may make user ID verification mandatory
Daijiworld.com
Earlier, there was a proposal to link social media accounts with Aadhaar to trail the real source of fake news, but the nodal agency for UIDAI shot down ...

CAA, NPR, NRC: Mumbai's poor worried over citizenship documents
The Hindu BusinessLine
Home Minister Amit Shah had said in a media interview that Aadhaar, Voter ID and other government documents do not prove citizenship. However ...

This Alappuzha village is all set to go digital
Onmanorama
Among other initiatives, an Aadhaar Seva centre will be opened near the bank's branch at Venmani to facilitate Aadhaar registration and correction.

PM Modi's Krishi Samman scheme: Thousands yet to benefit
Deccan Herald
When contacted, officers of the Agriculture department, claimed that the farmers, who have provided their Aadhaar number, bank account number and ...

MAH MCA CET 2020 registration starts, Apply before Feb 22
ummid.com
MAH MCA CET 2020 Registration: The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra State has started receiving online application for MAH MCA ...

Will shun CMs' meet on NPR, let them pull down government: Mamata Banerjee
Times of India
The CM also claimed Aadhaar registrations were being done without parents' names since 2016. “You do not need your parents' names if you apply ...

Ministers indulging in ''art of skullduggery'': Cong''s dig at govt over NPR
Outlook India
Piyush Goel -: ''To give Aadhaar is optional''. Prakash Javedekar -: ''Self declaration is enough''. Amit Shah -: ''Voluntary means ok if some info isn''t ...

Why rapper Arivu's Sanda Seivom has become Chennai's protest anthem
EdexLive
Who am I? Who are you? Who is your grandfather? NRC is coming to dig up all that. Then why did we need Aadhaar and Voters ID? Now you have to ...

Proposed privacy law will create monopoly: Gulshan Rai
Outlook India
Answering a question on possible security pitfalls in the backdrop of the Aadhaar-PAN linking and similar issues, Rai said technology in the country to ...

Police will need Dr, Assam, which made artificial call to Governor, many revelations had been made
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
The STF has seized from their store an Aadhaar card, which stays in Assam. Please tell that Chandresh and Wing Commander Kuldeep Vaghela ...

Attendance of employees will be based on Aadhar Card :Vij
United News of India
... Wednesday said the attendance of employees will be based on the Aadhaar card, so that the actual number of employees can also be ascertained.

Aviation Ministry Routing Sensitive Personal Data To Pvt Company
The Quint
The collection of Aadhaar data without an underlying legal framework appears to be in contravention of the Supreme Court order of September 2018 ...

Security gets stricter for visitors to CP office
Hindustan Times
As per the new system, the visitors will have to show Aadhaar card or any other ID proof, contact number and inform which department they are visiting ...

Electronic gates proposed at Bengaluru airport
Bangalore Mirror
At the time of booking, passengers can digitally link unique identity papers like Aadhaar, passport and PAN card to the airlines PNR. KIA has already ...

Pune: Three petrol pump attendants, handler held for stealing card data and siphoning off money
Times of India
Seven cellphones, 20 fake debit cards, 12 original debit cards, ID cards, Aadhaar cards and Rs 1,230 in cash have been recovered from them.

Outsources employees in local bodies to be paid through RTGS: Vij
Daily Pioneer
"The attendance of such employees will be based on the Aadhaar card so that the actual number of employees can also be ascertained," Vij said in a ...

CAA ire hits central minister
Telegraph India
Do you know that people are standing in queues in front of banks and post-offices since midnight to get their Aadhaar cards rectified?” another woman ...

How Thousands of Farmers Can Benefit By Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme?
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
On the contrary, officers of the Agriculture Department has claimed that the farmers, who have provided their Aadhaar number, bank account number ...

Telangana: SEC Special Summary Revision Electoral Rolls 2020
Sakshi English
... copy of any of the documents including Passport, Driving Licence, Aadhaar, Ration Card and any other document as approved by the Commission.

Budget 2019 highlights: Everything Nirmala Sitharaman announced then
Economic Times
Pulling India back from the economic abyss it is currently in will require more honesty than imagination. In her Budget last year, finance minister ...

#NAMA: How proactive monitoring & removals would impact intermediaries? Platforms, online ...
MediaNama.com
... become complex, since we wouldn't able to onboard users with just a mobile number, and would have to ask for PAN or Aadhaar card, etc,” he said.

Indian Coast Guard Navik (GD) final medical exam list out, bring these documents
Times of India
The Indian Coast Guard recruitment department has released the list of candidates qualified for the INS Chilka Navik (GD) 01/2020 Batch Final .

Kolkata woman's biometrics used for forgery in Rajasthan
Times of India
“The agent — after taking a photocopy of my Aadhaar card — asked me to provide my fingerprints again, claiming that the first attempt was ...

In fresh request to Supreme Court, IUML quotes minister vs minister on NPR
WIC News
UIDAI, the body that runs the Aadhaar program, had clarified that security offices would not have the option to dunk into its database voluntarily.

New NPR records to include mother tongue of residents
Hindustan Times
The database contains demographic as well as biometric particulars taken from Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identification number. When NPR is .

Bengaluru: 3 Kerala students 'thrashed' by cops during midnight stroll, allegedly asked if they're ...
Yahoo India News
Even though we showed them our Aadhaar cards to prove our identity, this continued and cops called in four more of their colleagues who came in ...

While nation debates CAA-NRC, Bengaluru Police question illegal migrants in slums near ...
Asianet News English
A raid was conducted there earlier too but residents had either Aadhaar card or voter ID or both. According to a report on a daily, a police officer said, ...
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