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 25, 2020

14374 - 24th Jan 2020 - Aadhaar Related Articles,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 24 January 2020

Govt preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID
Daijiworld.com
The amendments to the Representation of the People Act will require citizens to link their Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) with the 12-digit Aadhaar, ...

Aadhaar, dabba, hartal, shaadi make it to Oxford dictionary
The Hindu
The latest edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary features 26 new Indian English words, including Aadhaar, chawl, dabba, hartal and ...

Check your Aadhaar, Telangana tops error charts
Times of India
HYDERABAD: Telangana may have achieved 100% universal Aadhaar coverage along with a few other states, but India's newest state has the ...
Nod for Aadhaar Card linking with Voter ID: Take note of these new details
Financial Express
Aadhaar-Voter ID linking process gets Modi government nod! The Union Law Ministry has given its approval for Aadhaar Card Voter ID linking process ...

Centre likely to bring bill in Parliament's Budget Session allowing Election Commission to link ...
Firstpost
The government is likely to bring a bill in the Budget session of Parliament to give the Election Commission statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar ...

NPR: Update your Aadhaar before commencement of the exercise
The Siasat Daily
According to the report published in TOI, Home Ministry sources disclosed that providing details of Aadhaar, Passport Number, Voter ID and Driving ...

Not sharing PAN, Aadhaar? Employer may deduct 20% tax from your salary
Business Standard
Employers might soon start deducting 20 per cent from the salaries of their staff if they fail to provide their Permanent Account Number (PAN) or ...

Alert For Salaried Individuals! Employers To Cut 20% Tax If You Fail To Provide These Details
ABP Live
"Section 206AA in the Act makes furnishing of PAN or Aadhaar number, ... As per CBDT, if the employee fails to produce PAN or Aadhaar card, the ...

Get ready to pay higher tax on salary if PAN, Aadhaar not given to employer
Times Now
New Delhi: Employees might soon get 20 per cent less salary if they fail to provide Permanent Account Number (PAN) or Aadhaar number to their ...

Deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar extended from Dec 31 to March 2020
കേരള കൌമുദി
NEW DELHI: The deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar has been extended to March 31 next year, the Central Board of Direct Taxation said today.

Law Ministry OK to link Aadhaar with voter ID but with safeguards
The Indian Express
In its response last month, the EC sent a detailed list of safeguards at both the application and infrastructure levels — and said that the electoral roll ...

Shun Govt Schools, Return Aadhaar: The 14 Patthargarhi Commandments Spurned by 7 Youths ...
News18
This caused some people to object. They had their reservations about these new ideas. If they were going to shun their Aadhaar cards and ration card ...

Risks of digitalisation with NPR
Economic Times (blog)
Two major concerns arising from the NPR relate to digitalisation eroding federal autonomy and worrisome potential of the NPR-Aadhaar databases to ...

26 new Indian English words added to the Oxford Dictionary, including 'Dabba' & 'Aadhaar'
Times Now
One of the new words in 'Awesomesauce', which is often used to describe something as extremely good or excellent; It was added along a bunch of ...

Govt To Launch Own Messaging App GIMS, But Is It Really Secure?
Inc42 Media
Although the government has been reiterating in the past about the security of the Aadhaar cards, there have been numerous instances wherein the ...

Aadhaar, Dabba, Shaadi Oxford Dictionary Gets 26 New Indian English Words (Video)
SocialNews.XYZ
Aadhaar, Dabba, Shaadi Oxford Dictionary Gets 26 New Indian English Words (Video). Posted By: Social News XYZ January 24, 2020 ...

NIA files chargesheet against 2 Bangladeshi terrorists
Outlook India
"They concealed their location and identity based on fake Aadhaar cards. These fake Aadhaar cards were given to them by their handlers in ...

Two brides ride on a horse to groom's house at their wedding
ABP Live
In Madhya Pradhesh's Khandwa, two brides named Sakshi and Srishti – who are sisters – took out their own wedding procession (baraat) to the ...

Show your degree and ask for job
Telegraph India
A similar drive to issue Aadhaar cards, too, had been an exercise in futility. The government had promised that only one card (Aadhaar) would be ..
Finance Ministry plans tougher norms for high-value jewellery transactions: Report
Moneycontrol.com
Linking the transactions with Aadhaar or another ID proof has been proposed, the report said. Officials prefer Aadhaar over PAN as ID proof, sources ...

Tougher norms for high-value gems and jewellery transactions on cards
Business Standard
Preliminary discussions have taken place, said an informed source. Aadhaar is considered better for this purpose than the idea of a PAN (income tax) ...

From September, 4 more airports to allow paperless boarding
Times of India (press release) (blog)
... will be able to do so paperless with Airports Authority of India (AAI) aiming to roll out the Aadhaar-based facial biometrics Digiyatra programme.

Jharkhand murders expose fault lines in tribal village line
Hindustan Times
“...84 families are against Pathalgadi and take every benefit offered by the government. Our children go to schools. We have voter and Aadhaar cards.

Protect right to privacy: Petition to make social media traceable strips the privacy right of all meaning
Economic Times (blog)
... traceable to their originator through the linkage of identity information (mobile phone or, perhaps, Aadhaar numbers) to all messages exchanged.

Are you rushing to get birth certificates of elderly family members these days?
Pune Mirror
Most of them have some or the other ID proofs — PAN, Aadhaar or election cards! And, govt also allowed exemption in some cases. Why there is so ...

Two duped of over Rs 2 lakh on pretext of completing KYC
The Tribune
The caller claiming to be speaking from Paytm told me that my Aadhaar needed to be updated online. He asked me to download an application, Quick ...

TSEC orders repolling in three polling stations
Telangana Today
On verification of Aadhaar and Voter ID, it was found that someone else had already cast her vote. After verification, she was allowed to cast tendered ...

Tamil Nadu rolls out ration card portability
The Hindu
“They may draw their entitled commodities either through smart card, Aadhaar card or by using registered mobile number by getting OTP,” it added.

Panic Withdrawals at Indian Bank Over Alarming KYC Notice
Bitcoin News (press release)
9, “'Officially Valid Document' (OVD) means the passport, the driving license, proof of possession of Aadhaar number, the Voter's Identity Card issued ...t

Man jumps in front of Bijapur Passenger train in Hyderabad, dies
The New Indian Express
The deceased person's name and details were found when the personnel inspected the body found on the railway tracks and found his Aadhaar card ...

NRC panic triggers another attack in Birbhum's Margram
Telegraph India
“She collected our documents, inc
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