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

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

14372 - Aadhaar Updates Dated 21st Jan 2020


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 21 January 2020

PAN not linked to Aadhar can not be declared inoperative until Aadhaar Act attains finality: Gujarat ...
MediaNama.com
The Gujarat High Court, in a judgement (see below) on December 27, 2019, said that Permanent Account Number (PAN) not yet linked with Aadhaar ...

Ghaziabad: 23-year-old held for preparing fake Aadhaar cards
Hindustan Times
According to police officers, the man has allegedly been operating since the past year and prepared the fake Aadhaar cards in the name of different ...

RBI Digital KYC: Advantages and importance, and how the new norms work
Firstpost
KYC has been a thorn in the side of the financial industry, particularly since the Supreme Court's bar on Aadhaar based eKYC. The permitted voluntary ...

Undelivered aadhaar cards found in drainage, articles bundled in bags recovered from postman's ...
United News of India
Malappuram, Jan 21 (UNI) As many as 86 aadhaar cards meant for delivery were found abandoned in the drainage near Ullalam Bharanikavu temple ...

Ghaziabad: This man took bank iris scanner home, forged all kinds of identity proofs for thousands
Times of India
We have recovered large number of fake Aadhaar cards, birth certificates along with printing machines, lamination sheets and other material used to ...

RBI Allows Video-based KYC: How Customers will Be Authenticated and Onboarded Using ...
DATAQUEST
The customer will share details of the PAN or Aadhaar cards and answer a few questions that the representative will ask. The representative will use ...

No time to verify ID proofs: Cops on migrant workers
Deccan Herald
“They have come from Bangladesh and have Aadhaar card from West Bengal. None of these documents are verified. We told the owners that without ...

Man tries to enter Hisar Military Station, booked
Times of India
The officer said the Aadhaar card, a driving licence issued by the licencing authority in Narnaul (Haryana), forged dependent identity card, forged entry ...

One Nation One Ration Card Scheme to be implemented across India from 1st June
Jagran Josh
Beneficiary Identity through Aadhaar: Under the new One Nation One Ration Card scheme, the beneficiary of the scheme will be identified and verified ...

RPF busts e-ticket racket with suspected links to terror financing
Outlook India
There was also an application to create fake Aadhaar cards," Kumar said. The DG said analysis of Mustafa''s laptops, which were highly encrypted, ...

Farming development aspirations
Economic Times (blog)
... governmental programmes like PM KISAN, public distribution system (PDS), crop loans and crop insurance using JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile).

Now, Naseeruddin Shah wants to see PM Modi's political science degree
The Tribune
In an interview with The Wire, the veteran actor asked why his passport, voter's ID, driver's licence and Aadhaar card weren't enough proof of his ...

Delhi elections: In illegal colonies, BJP finds data goldmine
Yahoo India News
Workers are collecting Aadhaar numbers, phone numbers and email IDs of houseowners to register them on the DDA website. To track the progress ...

Bengaluru: Migrants from Koppal, Kolar at pains to prove they aren't illegal squatters
Times of India
... hadn't received any complaints about occupants of these shantytowns being illegal Bangladeshi migrants or holding illegal Aadhaar or voter IDs.

Govt plans to conduct Population Enumeration online from next year
THE WEEK
“Whoever wants to share their mobile, Aadhaar details and other information will be able to do so with the online facility. Why should they suffer if they ...

I-card cry in ex-enclaves
Telegraph India
“We have voter and Aadhaar cards. But central ministers and BJP leaders are saying that these are not proofs of identity. We got citizenship through ...

Calcutta Municipal Corporation files FIR over site hack
Telegraph India
It was necessary to get Aadhaar cards, he said. “We had removed the page link from our website. Common people cannot see this page without ...

STF busts Bangladeshi flesh trade racket in Odisha
OrissaPOST
Later, Laxmisagar police who kept the Aadhaar card of the young lady for verification found the name and address mentioned in the Aadhaar fake.

Successful incumbent businesses thrived on core values, strong governance: Nilekani
Economic Times
Nilekani, who has built Aadhaar, India's unique identity system; helped create the architecture of the the open payments platform Unified Payment

Imminent danger
Telegraph India
Under the NPR, he said, people would have to give their Aadhaar number and that would strengthen the State's capability for surveillance. At the end ...

ColorOS 7 Comes Packed With Useful Security Features
The Union Journal (blog)
Created in collaboration with Digi-Locker, the DocVault app permits customers to securely retailer their necessary paperwork similar to Aadhaar, PAN ...

Huts of 'Indians' razed, claiming they were of Bangladeshi's
The Siasat Daily
All the residents have valid identity cards, including Aadhaar, pan and voter ID. Besides, those from Assam have also shown their names in the NRC.

Thus Spake JP: Beware the Writing on the Wall
The Citizen (press release)
... intolerance and hatred, unabashed crony-capitalism, unabated surveillance, midnight demonetization, arbitrary Aadhaar, illegal electoral bonds, ...

Bickram feels satisfied after performing for army
Times of India
I penned the story after the synopsis was selected in Busan International Forum in 2016. Aadhaar is basically a social satire. It captures modern India ...

Budget 2019 highlights: All key announcements that FM Nirmala Sitharaman made last year
CNBCTV18
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to announce Union Budget 2020 — her second — on February 1. Sitharaman, India's first full-time ...

SAI to conduct selection trials
The Arunachal Times
... with all documents regarding age proof, educational qualifications, achievements, etc, along with Aadhaar card, in original, for registration, it said.

Population survey in state from April 16 to May 30
Times of India
Panaji: The National Population Register (NPR) survey will take place in Goa from April 16 to May 30, while the houselisting survey of Census 2021 ...

Telcos Move Plea in SC Seeking Fresh Schedule for Payment of Dues
The Quint
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 21 January, agreed to list next week the fresh pleas of telecom firms, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata ...

Apollo Hospitals, Bajaj Finserv offer no-cost EMIs to patients
CNBCTV18
... availed by submitting KYC documents as per RBI guidelines, such as PAN Card, Aadhaar Card, cancelled cheque and duly signed ECS mandate.

Centre mooted NPR way back in 2015 through RBI
New Kerala
The other OVDs were further described as "The passport, the driving licence, proof of possession of Aadhaar number, the Voter's Identity Card issued ...

Politics | Taiwan shows how to check Chinese influence
Moneycontrol.com
It is in this Indian environment — including also questions about the security of the data of Indian citizens on the government's own Aadhaar platform ...
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