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

Sunday, February 2, 2020

14381 - Aadhaat Daily Digest 1st Feb 2020


Have Aadhaar card? Get PAN card instantly without detailed application form
Livemint
Presenting Union Budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Aadhaar-based verification of taxpayers is also being introduced.

Govt to provide facility of instant PAN through Aadhaar
Economic Times
The finance minister, in her budget speech: "In the last Budget, I had introduced the interchangeability of PAN and Aadhaar for which necessary rules ...

Govt preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID
The Rahnuma Daily (press release)
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Union Law Ministry has been working on a Cabinet note to prepare a new law after considering the Election Commission's ...

Should the Twain Meet?
India Legal
The Union Law Ministry is stated to have given the green signal to the Election Commission (EC) to resume linking of Voter ID with Aadhaar.

Union Budget 2020: New process of instantly allotting PAN through Aadhaar to be introduced
India TV
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that To ease allotment of PAN, new process of instantly allotting PAN through Aadhaar will be ...

Citizens' Anxiety Aggravator
Telegraph India
Last week's stampede-like situation at the head post-office in Malda, where people had turned up in large numbers to get Aadhaar cards done or

Buy local products for 'better tomorrow'; efforts on to make India $5T economy: President Kovind
YourStory.com
The President further said that, presently, more than 121 crore people in the country have Aadhaar cards, and about 60 crore people possess RuPay ...

Budget proposes wide-ranging facilitation measures in direct tax regime
Pragativadi
New Delhi: The Union Budget has proposed 'Vivad Se Vishwas' Scheme (No dispute but trust) which aims at reducing litigations in the direct tax ...

Economic Survey 2019-20 proposes GSTN-like body to run data analytics for public sector banks
MediaNama.com
The Economic Survey 2019-20 proposes the creation of a GSTN-like body which will verify individuals and corporate customers via KYC and Aadhaar ...

'e-KYC enrolment for ration cards suspended'
Deccan Herald
There are a series of complaints from the public on poor server connectivity that had affected e-KYC and Aadhaar linkage, Kusumadhar said at the ...

Union Budget 2020: Imported dinner sets, utensils to get costly as custom duty doubled
India TV
The Budget also provided for e-commerce operators to deduct TDS on all payments to e-commerce participants at 1 per cent with PAN/Aadhaar, 5 per ...

Kenya's High Court Delays National Biometric ID Program
The New York Times
Kenya's digital registry drew comparisons to India's giant biometric program, known as Aadhaar, whose sweeping powers were limited by the Indian ...

NEWSALERT-BUD 164
THE WEEK
Budget provides e-commerce operators to deduct TDS on all payments to e-commerce participants at 1 per cent with. PAN/Aadhaar, 5 per cent in ...

Rugose Whitefly menace in Kadur, Ajjampura
Deccan Herald
Those who have failed to link their account with Aadhaar will not get the insurance amount credited to their account. The insurance amount paid for the ...

Verify faculty certificates by March 18, Anna varsity tells colleges
The Hindu
The university said it had found that some faculty had provided “false Aadhaar, PAN details and degree certificates” to colleges. They have been urged ...

Chhattisgarh High Court orders CBI inquiry into alleged Rehabilitation Centre Scam
Bar & Bench
"...when startling and disturbing facts have been brought to our notice with, prima facie, proof, this Court cannot shun its constitutional duty and be a ...

Man Walks With Wife's Severed Head For 1.5 Km Before Being Arrested
Republic World
READ: Aadhaar, Dabba, Hartal, Shaadi Make It To Oxford Dictionary. Police identified the accused as Akhikesh Rawat (30) of Bahadurpur village.

NEWSALERT-BUD 158
THE WEEK
To ease allotment of PAN, new process of instantly allotting PAN through Aadhaar will be brought: FM. PTI ANZ RT RT. (This story has not been edited ...

Kid gloves for shooter, a pattern emerges
Telegraph India
His purported mark sheet and Aadhaar card — both of which were miraculously accessed on short notice by the police who had stood as spectators ...

Budget 2020 top announcements: Kisan Rail, Krishi Udan, IND-SAT exam, National Technical ...
Jagran Josh
Budget 2020 top announcements. PAN-Aadhaar- Government will launch a system under which, PAN will be allotted instantly on the basis of Aadhaar ...

Meet the masterminds of Budget 2020-21
Livemint
He had also played a key role in shaping India's Aadhaar project. T.V. Somanathan. As the expenditure secretary, Somanathan, the 1987 batch civil ...

Supporter of Bajrang Dal, Jamia shooter had bought gun for Rs 10000
India Today
The shooter who opened fire in Jamia Nagar on Thursday has been sent to preventive custody for 14 days. According to the police, the shooter is ...

3 members of vehicle-lifters' gang held
The Hitavada
They would also make fake PAN cards and Aadhaar cards using the details from the RTO website. The police also seized three Aadhaar cards, two ...

Indian Finance Minister Goes Bullish on 'Digital India' While Allocating Budget, Ideas for 2020-2021
Sputnik 코리아
On Friday, President Ram Nath Kovind also acknowledged that India's successful digitally-backed e-governance systems like the Aadhaar and Unified ...

Budget 2020: Simplified GST Return from 1st April, Govt proposes QR Code in Customer Invoices
taxscan.in (press release)
Smt Sitharaman said that several measures have been taken for improving compliance and Aadhaar based verification of taxpayers is being .

SIT links Jharkhand killings to Pathalgadi movement, PLFI
Hindustan Times
They wanted to retrieve rations and Aadhaar cards of villagers confiscated by the village head. The group then distributed these documents back to ...

Budget 2020: Government proposes cut in tax on cooperative societies to 22 per cent
The Hindu BusinessLine
In order to ease allotment of PAN, new process of instantly allotting the same through Aadhaar will be brought, Sitharaman added. Direct taxes are the ...

Major Reforms Proposed In Administration Of GST Regime
Khabar India
Simplified GST Return to be Implemented from 1st April, 2020 To weed out Dummy or Non-Existent Units Aadhaar Based Verification of Taxpayers to ...

Why the Jamia Shooter Cannot Be Tried as An Adult Under JJ Act
The Quint
According to an Aadhaar card and Class X CBSE Board exam mark sheet, the shooter's date of birth appears to be 18 April 2002 – which would mean ...

EPFO cracks down on defaulters
Times of India
... to allow any citizen, employed or unemployed, to obtain the unique Universal Account Number (UAN) using Aadhaar card and mobile number.


'Delhi disappointed from Budget, gets step-motherly treatment': Kejriwal asks why vote for BJP
India TV
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the Centre has disappointed Delhi as it was having high expectations from Budget 2020 saying once again ...
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