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, February 5, 2020

14384 - 4th Feb 2020 - Aadhaar Updates,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 4 February 2020

India's Election Commission Wants to Tie Aadhaar to Voter Registration
findBIOMETRICS
India's Election Commission is pitching new legislation that would link a citizen's voter ID card with their Aadhaar number. The legislation would

307 million PAN-Aadhaar linked, Govt extends deadline for 175 million pending linkages
MediaNama.com
Over 307 million PAN have been linked with Aadhaar, the Finance Ministry informed Parliament yesterday in a response to a question asked by BJP ...

India's identity crisis: Nine reasons to fear National Population Register (NPR) and Aadhaar
Business Today
In fact, MHA's NPR and MEITY's UIDAI's Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of UID/Aadhaar numbers are aimed at creating an architecture for ...

Getting an Aadhaar, still a costly errand for many
Times of India
PUNE: Shantabai, who works as a domestic help in the city, had to pay Rs 800 to get an Aadhaar — three days of pay. This is despite the fact that

Indian English Words Aadhaar, Hartal Now Part of Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
India West
NEW DELHI –Aadhaar and hartal are among the 26 new Indian English words that feature among the staggering 86,000 words in the tenth edition of ...

Over 30 cr PANs linked with Aadhaar so far: Thakur
Daily Excelsior
As the date for linking PAN with Aadhaar has been extended by three months, the government has linked over 30 crore such numbers with the unique ...

No document will be collected during updation of NPR; Providing Aadhaar number voluntary: Govt
All India Radio
Government has made it clear that no document will be collected during the updation of the National Population Register, NPR and providing Aadhaar ...

No 'Adhikaar' Without Aadhaar for Mangolpuri Residents
The Quint
“When we wanted to get our son admitted into the nearby government school, they asked for his Aadhaar as part of required documentation. But he ...

Aadhaar Linkage To PDS
Khabar India
At present, nearly 90% of total 23.4 Crore ration cards under NFSA across the country have been seeded with Aadhaar number of at least one ...

Govt says no document will be collected during NPR exercise, providing Aadhaar number ...
SocialNews.XYZ
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Get PAN card instantly without detailed application form
Times Now
It will not only reduce human intervention but will also simply the PAN card getting process and will offer instant e-allotment on the basis of Aadhaar ...

No decision yet to prepare NRC at national level: MoS Home
Deccan Herald
To another question, he said no document will be collected during the updation of the National Population Register (NPR) and providing Aadhaar ...

IT Ministry Seeks Legal Clearance On Social Media Guidelines
Inc42 Media
Apart from this, MeitY had also written to Aadhaar managing body Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), seeking their opinion on linking of ...

AI-based systems to help more SMEs get access to credit: Nilekani
Outlook India
Bengaluru, Feb 4 (PTI) Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani on Tuesday batted for artificial intelligence-based credit disbursal systems stating it would ...

Trader commits fraud, Rs 2.5 lakh IT notice slapped on daily wager
The New Indian Express
The labourer said he was working under Aggarwal seven years back and the latter had taken his signature on a blank paper, used his Aadhaar card ...

TDS Deduction for Enormous E-Tailers, Relief for smaller Investors: Finance Minister
The News Pocket
... speed of 1 percentage in PAN/Aadhaar instances and 5% in non-PAN/Aadhaar instances,” said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.

Paytm eyes onboarding 10 mn merchants with addition of PoS machine, new solutions
Outlook India
Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who was also present at the event, said Paytm should look at adding support by accepting Aadhaar-enabled ...

Over 30 have died in Bengal due to NRC panic: Mamata
Outlook India
"These people are ignorant, believe in half-truths, they don''t carry books, they carry guns to fire. if they tell you to deposit your Aadhaar card at his ...

Getting info now just a mouse click away
The New Indian Express
In the coming days, it will be Aadhaar-enabled — the applicant has to enter the Aadhaar number and an OTP is sent to the applicant's phone, and acts ...

Interest of LIC policyholders will be protected, says Anurag Thakur
The Hitavada
Over 30 cr PANs linked with Aadhaar so far: Thakur: AS THE date for linking PAN with Aadhaar has been extended by three months, the Government ...

Budget 2020: New tax proposals harm exporters and MSMEs
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
If the client doesn't have PAN or Aadhaar, the TCS charge shall be 1%. Tax specialists say that this can be a very stringent and regressive provision ...

Your dream Europe holiday tour will soon be a bit more expensive. Here's why
Livemint
Tour operators are liable to charge the amount as TCS when the package is bought. If PAN or Aadhaar is not produced by the buyer, the TCS will be ...

Miami Film Festival Announces Lineup for 2020 Edition
Miami New Times
... Eduardo and Monica, The Invisible, Out in the Open, Overnight, White Lie, Aadhaar, Aleli, And the Birds Rained Down, Arab Blues, Ema, High Tide, ...

Remove tags to get more women in workforce, says Tata Sons Chairman
Business Standard
The launch was followed by a conversation with Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder & Chairman Infosys and Founding Chairman, UIDAI (Aadhaar).

J&K farmers to get Kisan Credit Cards by March 31
Outlook India
"The scheme may be linked with Aadhaar so as to remove duplication, if any", he added. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir and Deputy ...

Ayushman Bharat: Over 90000 benefited in past 18 months, claims Haryana minister
Outlook India
... that about 15.50 lakh beneficiary families had enrolled for the scheme and Ayushman cards of the beneficiaries had been linked to the Aadhaar.

Ahmednagar: Village passes anti-CAA resolution
Free Press Journal
The gram panchayat of Islak village has demanded an amendment in the Citizenship Act, so that a ration card or a voter I-card or Aadhaar is ...

DDC holds meeting of ITDA, Education dept
Daily Pioneer
Bank account opening and Aadhaar camps to be organized at block building for students. BDOs need to co-ordinate for the same," he said. DEO, DSE ...

Kakinada: 1057 petitions received at Spandana
The Hans India
Kakinada: District Collector D Muralidhar Reddy along with Joint Collector Lakshmisha received petitions from people at the Spandana programme ...

Applications invited to set up T-SEVA Centres
The Hans India
In a press note, director Venkat Reddy Adapa said that T-Seva Online Centre would provide PAN Card enrolment & correction, AEPS (Aadhaar ...

Hyderabad girl trafficked to Riyadh, mother asks govt's help
The Siasat Daily
... was sent to Riyadh when she was 16 years and we were not informed by the agent that he was showing her age more than that in the Aadhaar card.
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