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

Thursday, January 30, 2020

14378 - Aadhaar Daily update ⋅ 28 January 2020,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 28 January 2020

Aadhaar, hartal feature in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
Indian Link
Aadhaar and hartal are among the 26 new Indian-English words that feature among the staggering 86,000 words in the 10th edition of the ...

SBI net banking: How to link Aadhaar card from State Bank of India website
Zee Business
SBI Net Banking: Over the last few years, Aadhaar card has become one of the most important pieces of documents in India, needed to complete ...

India's taking its digital success stories abroad
Economic Times
New Delhi: India is taking its digital success stories such as Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to other ...

UIDAI: How to update or change address on Aadhaar card online
Zee Business
Changing your house means you have to put in a lot of hard work. While moving objects from one place to another is definitely a big piece of work, ...

India takes its digital success stories global
ETtech.com
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi India is taking its digital success stories such as Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and the Unified Payments Interface ...

Government expects proportionately better direct tax mop-up
Times of India
“This year, due to ease of online return filing and pre-filled form facility, Aadhaar OTP-based authentication, the processing of refunds became very ...

'Govt. trying to find new enemies every day, othering dissenters'
The Hindu
Ms. Usha said Aadhaar was at the centre of the NPR exercise. Since the UID (the Aadhaar project) began, the citizens were being told that they ...

Posing as CID officers, two 'steal documents, money from Assamese men on pretext of checking ...
Yahoo India News
The two then took him to an isolated location and took away his Aadhaar card, PAN card, ATM card and other documents and then asked him to leave.

BJP MLA in MP pans CAA, says law dividing country
The Hindu
... well, he said, “The poor are still roaming around to get Aadhaar cards made; collecting so many papers just to prove citizenship will be impossible.”.

Netas spar as Bengal man kills self over 'NRC panic'
Times of India
Madhu Saha (46) from Binpara village didn't have an Aadhaar card, due to which he was scared and depressed, the family said. For the last month, ...

View: Political critique of NPR misses its importance in social benefit delivery
Economic Times
While this was underway, a separate turf war had emerged in the UPA between Aadhaar and the NPR-based national identity card. This remained ...

Plug loopholes in the criminal justice system: Centre to States
The Sentinel Assam
This may be ensured by recording the Aadhaar number of the witnesses. This should ensure genuine witnesses and remove loopholes in the system.”.

BJP MLA opposes CAA
The Siasat Daily
“I come from a village and it is not easy to even make Aadhaar cards. People have to carry papers to the local offices for days,” he added.

Didi: How can BJP decide who eats 'chire'?
Times of India
The CM said she had received complaints about some NGOs funded by BJP regarding collection of Aadhaar cards of residents. “How can BJP ask ...

FPJ EDIT: Of CAA and States
Yahoo India News
... citizen the resident identity card which will be the Aadhaar number and some more information while 15 other inputs will be on the master database ...

Chandigarh: After 120 crimes in just eight days, gang of five busted
Times of India
Cops say that in its latest strike, the gang armed with pistols and knives robbed a 19-year-old youth of his wallet, Aadhaar card, and mobile phone on ...

Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Bangladeshi 'Illegal Migrant' Woman Taking Note Of CAA Provisions ...
Live Law
Allegation against her is that she illegally migrated to India and later she obtained Indian documents like PAN Card, Aadhaar Card in her name and on ...

HC seeks AAP govt stand on plea against guidelines of pilgrimage scheme
Outlook India
... under the scheme for a valid voter ID card disentitles all those senior citizens who have other forms of valid identification like Aadhaar cards.

IT refunds of Rs 1.7 lakh cr to hurt FY20 direct tax mop-up
Economic Times
Refunds have increased largely due to ease of online return filing and pre-filled form facility along with Aadhaar one-time-password authentication.

Under CAA rules, applicants may be asked to submit 'proof of religion'
The Hindu BusinessLine
Even if someone has acquired Aadhaar before December 31, 2014, and has declared his/ her religion as being from among the six mentioned in the ...

Fresh set of Chinese investors aggressively scout deals in India
ETtech.com
... macro indicators like smartphone penetration, implementation of GST as well as the network created by Aadhaar have boosted investor confidence, ...

Citizenship Act: Applicants will have to submit proof of religion as well
National Herald
If someone has acquired Aadhaar before December 31, 2014 and has declared his/ her religion as being from among the six mentioned in the Act, ...

Those applying for citizenship under CAA must provide religion proof: Officials
Hindustan Times
Any government document like school enrolment of children, Aadhaar etc would enough,” a senior official said on condition of anonymity. They added ...

What states can learn from Tamil Nadu to curb cheating
Financial Express
States would do better to follow such models as also allow verification of students using Aadhaar data. Otherwise, they risk diluting the quality of ..

India's NCRB extends deadline to submit bids for Automated Facial Recognition System
MediaNama.com
... sent by advocacy group, Internet Freedom Foundation in July, NCRB had also said that the AFRS will not be integrated with the Aadhaar database.

Those Seeking Citizenship Under CAA 'Must Submit Proof Of Religion': MHA
The Logical Indian
He further said that a person who has acquired Aadhaar before December 31, 2014, and has declared his/her religion as being from among the six ...

Budget 2020: How FM Nirmala Sitharaman's dictum 'Nari tu Narayani' can actually work
CNBCTV18
For example, in Puducherry, only 68 percent of women (who were supposed to receive the DBT) had their bank account seeded to Aadhaar.

EPF UAN: Have two Universal Account Numbers against Provident Fund account? Here is how to ...
Zee Business
... tax and investment expert Manikaran Singhal said, "Today, having two UAN is not possible because it's now attached with one's Aadhaar number.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar wants Govt to continue with old format of NPR
citytoday
The six new parameters in the new NPR form that poses 21 questions includes Aadhaar number of the resident, Voter ID, PAN, driving licence number ...

SBI too will accept NPR form for KYC
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: The State Bank of India (SBI) has some eyebrows by issuing a public notice stating that letters issued by the National Population Register ...

QBullet: Religion Proof Must Under CAA; Trump Set to Visit in Feb
The Quint
If someone has acquired Aadhaar before 31 December 2014 and has declared his/ her religion as being from among the six mentioned in the Act, ...

BJP MLA From MP Opposes CAA, Says "tear Constitution And Throw It" If You're Not With It
Republic World
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP
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