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

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

14371 - Aadhaar-Daily update -20 January 2020,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 20 January 2020

Aadhaar must for EWS students to avail education loan interest subsidy by March 31
Deccan Herald
The economically weaker section (EWS) students enrolled to technical and professional programmes, will have to apply for Aadhaar by March 31 to ...

Documents Reveal That As Far Back as 2015, PMO Said Aadhaar Should Be Linked to NPR
The Wire
At a time when a controversy over linking Aadhaar with NPR is raging, the minutes of the 2015 meeting led by the PMO shed considerable light on the ...

Permanent Account Number cannot be declared inoperative due to Non-Linkage of Aadhaar: Guj HC
India Legal
The Gujarat High Court has recently allowed the appeal filed by Bandish Saurabh Soparkar seeking a declaration that he would not be in default in ...

Aadhaar mandatory to get benefits under scheme for civilian victims of terror, communal violence
citytoday
Prime News, National, New Delhi, January 18:- Aadhaar will be required for getting benefits under a central government scheme for providing ...

One state, one ration card: MP reforms its Aadhaar-enabled PDS, helps migrant workers
The Indian Express
Madhya Pradesh government has now found a solution. Under the Aadhaar-enabled PDS, the respective grain quota is given to the nominee after ...

National database of workers in informal sector in the works
Economic Times
... the top priorities of the labour ministry, after the codification of labour laws, would be to create a database of unorganised workers using the Aadhaar ...

Bengaluru Police demolishes makeshift houses of migrants as CAA-NRC debate rages on
India Today
Lalitha hails from Raichur and Karanna from Koppal in Karnataka. They stand in front of us showing their Aadhaar Cards demanding to know why their ...

To empower African citizens, India to host ''Digital Africa'' conference
Outlook India
... BHIM (unified payment interface) and Aadhaar enabled payment services, and its benefits would be highlighted during the event, the officer added.

Amaravati insider trading: Andhra Pradesh government to bring ED into probe
The New Indian Express
It also approached the Income Tax department with the Aadhaar card details of around 477 persons who purchased lands. The Income Tax ...

Modi govt mooted NPR through RBI a year before demonetisation
Livemint
The other OVDs were further described as: "The passport, the driving licence, proof of possession of Aadhaar number, the Voter's Identity Card issued ...

Can the city police handle the 'Executive' challenge?
The Hindu
"Every time a person checks into a hotel, he has to furnish details such as Aadhaar or PAN. Photographs and details are checked instantly through the ...

PF: Here is how to make changes in your Provident Fund details
Zee Business
You need to have these four things to make changes in your PF account details viz. active UAN; access to EPFO's Unified Portal website, Aadhaar ...

'Didn't Ask Anything Wrong': Kerala Man After Filing RTI Query On PM Modi's Citizenship Documents
Outlook India
“The central government had said that Aadhaar, driving license, ration card, PAN card or passport could not be used to prove one's citizenship.

After video claims 'Bangladeshi immigrant' settlement in Bengaluru, BBMP razes 100 huts
Yahoo India News
Even as Munni and several other residents in this settlement held up their identity cards, including aadhaar card, voter ID, employee ID cards, to prove ...

Telangana to use facial recognition on voters in upcoming civic elections
MediaNama.com
“If the same technology is being used everywhere, it will only lead to voter profiling like what Aadhaar has done in the past in Andhra Pradesh,” said ...

'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme to be implemented across country from June 1: Paswan
Times of India
The beneficiary will be verified through Aadhaar authentication on the ... the process of de-duplication of cards through Aadhaar number seeding.

Arunachal: Sarkar Aapke Dwar held at Ramgang, Nari Camp and Namcher Bagang
Arunachal24
... issuance of Job Cards and Aadhaar seeding, free treatment at health camp, forms were filled & received for opening of bank accounts, distribution of ...

You may have to verify your identity on social platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram
BGR India
Another recent proposal was to link social media accounts with Aadhaar. This was to track down the people who were behind spreading fake news.

Why Disabled Persons in India Are Opposing CAA-NPR-NRC
NewsClick
Disability rights activists say that no document that proves identity—birth certificate, Aadhaar, Voter ID, PAN card, or passport -- was by itself accepted ...

Take risk, throng the el dorado of wealth
The New Indian Express
There are digital avenues to subscribe to a mutual fund scheme using Aadhaar. Effectively, investing through a mutual fund is now as simple as ...

Centre's meeting with states on Census, NPR begins; Bengal skips
Hindustan Times
The NPR records include details like name, age, address, along with biometric data links like Aadhaar, mobile phone number and passport among ...

Horse behind the cart
Telangana Today
Family identity card, Aadhaar, Voter ID, Passport, Census, etc, are already there. Now the National Population Register (NPR) as part of the 2021 ...

Carmona VP imposes fine of Rs 5000 on 'garbage offender'
The Navhind Times
He added that a fine of Rs 5000 was imposed on the offender who is a resident of Kashmir and that his Aadhaar card was kept with the panchayat till ...

'Kanti Velugu' a massive exercise across Telangana
Telangana Today
All patients who were screened, their data was linked to their Aadhaar number, which maintained a lot of transparency. From an epidemiological ...

17 Himachal government schools will be develop as model schools, MoU signed: DC
India Education Diary
Dharamshala: An Aadhaar Shila project will be started in 17 government schools in Kangra district to be developed as a model school with better ...

Time to come clean in filing tax returns
The Navhind Times
... have to furnish details and revealing income from house property requires information on the name, Aadhaar or Permanent Account Number (PAN) ...

This Govt. Scheme Open Till March Offers Higher Return Than Bank FD To Senior Citizens
Goodreturns
Also, in respect of the mode of receipt of pension payment one can either get it via Aadhaar enabled payment system or NEFT. There is a free look ...

BR Ambedkar's Grandson Calls NPR 'Evil Design'. A UP Leader Suggests Method to Avoid Caste ...
News18
... under the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and Citizenship Rules, 2003, and was subsequently updated in 2015 by seeding it with Aadhaar.

This rule got here into drive by the order of the Supreme Court, after which the lifetime of 200 ...
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
... says that like Sonagachhi in Kolkata, intercourse employees in Redlight space of ​​Silchar have neither voter identification card nor Aadhaar card.

Realme X2 Android 10-Based Realme UI Beta Testing Applications Now Open: How to Apply
The News Pocket
The user also has to be willing to provide Aadhaar card or any other form of identification proof for verification. Realme UI software based on Android ...

“NRC Secular, But A Secular Harassment For All”: Chetan Bhagat To NDTV
Moose Gazette
“NRC may be secular, but it is a secular harassment for all Indians. We have voter ID, Aadhaar, passports… triangulate those. How many times will ...
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