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, January 18, 2020

14368 - Aadhaar- Daily update17 January 2020


Aadhaar- Daily update17 January 2020

Aadhaar required to get benefits under scheme for civilian victims of terror, communal violence
Deccan Herald
Aadhaar will be required for getting benefits under a central government scheme for providing financial assistance to family members of victims of ...

Exclusive: Official File Notings on NPR and Aadhaar Contradict Home Ministry Assurances
The Wire
Documents of the office of the Registrar General of India state that 60 crore Aadhaar numbers have already been collected and seeded with the

Exclusive: In Meeting Last October, MHA Sought Mandatory Collection of Aadhaar Details During ...
The Wire
New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing controversy over the collection of Aadhaar numbers during the process of updating the National Population Register ...

Indian Government Says Aadhaar ID System is Mandatory for Riot, Terror Victim Benefits
Sputnik 코리아
New Delhi (Sputnik): Adhaar, a 12-digit unique identification number for Indian citizens is an essential document to access several welfare benefits.

PAN can't be declared inoperative due to Non-Linking of with AADHAAR: Gujarat High Court [Read ...
taxscan.in (press release)
The Gujarat High Court held that the permanent account number (PAN) cannot be declared inoperative due to non-linking of Aadhaar or Aadhaar ...

PAN Not To Be Declared Inoperative Due To Non-Linking With Aadhaar Until Aadhaar Act Attains ...
Live Law
As the validity of the Aadhaar Act is under consideration by the Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court has held that until a final verdict in that matter, ...

Find away who's utilizing your Aadhaar card similar to this
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
new Delhi. UIDAI has actually created a means through which we could effortlessly learn where so when the Aadhaar card has been utilized, many of ...

Percentage of women in curriculum committees in India remains poor, says report
YourStory.com
Other findings of the report pertain to female literacy rate, Aadhaar cards, bank accounts, and workplace sexual harassment. According to the study, ...

People from Bangladesh have to apply for citizenship, says Dilip Ghosh
Deccan Herald
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Friday said that Aadhaar and voter identity cards are not proofs of citizenship and hence everyone who has ...

Smart ration cards for 23L beneficiaries in U'khand
Daily Pioneer
He said that 63 percent of the ration cards have been validated with the Aadhaar cards. The department would start the process of digitizing those ...

View: Independent Directors' registration process is absurd and embodies bureaucratic overkill
Economic Times
To obtain a DIN, a director needed to submit a photograph, identification proof such as Aadhaar and PAN (permanent account number) card, ...

Budget 2020: Giving NREGA Workers Their Due
BloombergQuint
The government is under the sweet illusion that digital technology and Aadhaar have reduced NREGA leakages, but this is extremely doubtful, if not ...

3 Bangladeshis convicted for living illegally in UP
The Hindu
The three persons were arrested by the UP Anti-Terror Squad in 2017 for possessing fake Aadhaar cards and living illegally in India. They were ...

Jallikattu held amid heavy security in Tiruchi; 29 injured
The Hindu
This time, the age criterion for the tamers was fixed at 21 years, with the revenue team ensuring adherence by checking their Aadhaar card and other ...

West Bengal to skip MHA meet on Census, NPR
The Hindu
... and mother, last place of residence” along with other information like Aadhaar (optional), voter ID card, mobile phone and driving licence numbers.

Punjab assembly ratifies 126th constitution amendment bill on reservation
All India Radio
... provision of mandatory Aadhaar submission or authentication for persons registered under the Act, provision of annual and quarterly payments and ...

Missing Mumbai blasts convict arrested in Kanpur
The Hindu
Around ₹47,000 cash, a diary and an Aadhaar card were recovered from him. Ansari, 68, convicted for the 1993 blasts, went missing on Thursday ...

NEXT Biometrics Receives Major Order for Government Program in India
Yahoo Finance
OSLO, Norway, Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced ...

No respite from 'token' trouble for Odisha farmers
The New Indian Express
And in many cases, tokens could not be generated due to problems like mismatch of Aadhaar and bank accounts. In Kalampur and Heramal ...

How the youth in Uttar Pradesh are helping the elderly access government welfare schemes, benefits
YourStory.com
In Sanathpur village of Uttar Pradesh, Asharfi Begum almost gave up on her pension. She says, “There were mistakes in my Aadhaar, and I was not ...

Grainmart News
Grainmart News (press release)
Any individual or an MSME thats registered with Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) applicable under the scheme. In addition, the beneficiaries ...

Tripura to hold Census in 15 days for number of Bru refugees
Economic Times
Identity documents like ration cards, Aadhaar will be issued by Tripura government. The Mizoram government will be responsible for repatriated Bru ...

STF arrests 8 for fuel theft from govt tankers
Times of India
... equipment used in measuring oil, eight mobile phones, four Aadhaar cards, a Pan card, four driving licenses, one motorcycle and Rs 1.78 lakh cash ...

SBI Agriculture Loans: Here's How You Can Get Different Types of Farm Loans
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
State Bank of India (SBI), country's largest bank provides various types of agricultural loans to farmers. It caters to the agriculturists & farmers needs ...

Ahmedabad: Inspired by Shaheen Bagh, Rakhiyal Area Stages CAA Protest
The Wire
She told IE, “I studied till Class 7, my parents are dead and the only documents I have are Aadhaar card and voter's ID card. There's no birth certificate ...

Promote loan waiver scheme, coop principal secretary to dist collectors
Times of India
Banks have been asked to upload information of farmers who have still not linked their Aadhaar numbers with their accounts. Shukla has directed the ...

Compensation for 2-lane Pfütsero to Phek road
Morung Express
Phek, January 16 (MExN): All the concerned owners and beneficiaries of the properties, buildings, plantation fisheries and other structures to be ...

'Lets Fight': Tamil Rapper Arivu Slams CAA & NRC in New Song
The Quint
“Aadhaar and Voter ID are all useless. Now you have to dig your great, great grandfather from their grave. Is there any logic to this law?,” he asks in his ...
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