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

Friday, February 7, 2020

14387 - Aadhaar Daily update 6 February 2020,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 6 February 2020

7 states have more Aadhaar holders than projected population: Sanjay Dhotre
Deccan Herald
Seven states have more Aadhaar holders than their respective projected population as on December 31, 2019, the Rajya Sabha was informed on ...

Instant allotment of e-PAN based on Aadhaar to begin this month
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The government this month will roll out a facility to issue online PAN cards instantly on furnishing of Aadhaar details, Revenue Secretary ...

'No plan to link Aadhaar with social media accounts': Government
Hindustan Times
The Union government said on Wednesday there is no plan to make social media users verify their accounts through Aadhaar authentication yet – an ...

KMC puts Aadhaar update on hold after NPR protests
Times of India
KOLKATA: The drive to update and rectify Aadhaar data with the help of outside agencies at civic borough offices in Kolkata has come to a standstill ...

No Aadhaar fraud in welfare schemes in Telangana, says Union IT Minister
The New Indian Express
HYDERABAD: The Union government has declared that there is “no rampant Aadhaar fraud” in the Kalyana Lakshmi and Shaadi Mubarak schemes ...

Aadhaar Card Update: Check online at UIDAI website uidai.gov.in
Zee Business
Aadhaar Card Update: When everything is getting digitized and KYC becoming mandatory after a certain period of time, either it's your bank account ...

Aadhaar cannot be considered conclusive proof of age: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Yahoo India News
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the Aadhaar cannot be considered "conclusive proof of age" and held that more credence is ...

Aadhaar centres flout rules, charge extra for making changes
The Hans India
Nizamabad: The Aadhaar centres in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts have become the abodes of irregularities with many of the operators working ...

UIDAI's Aadhar Kit will now simply present pension associated work
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
new Delhi: There is huge information about central authorities pensioners. The use of the Aadhaar equipment within the UIDAI Post Office has been ...

Aadhaar number under NPR collected voluntarily: MoS Home
New Kerala
New Delhi , Feb 5 : Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Wednesday said that the Aadhaar number under the National Population ...

Missing Deaf & Dumb Boy Reunites With Family Through Aadhaar Card
Ommcom News
It was when the child care institute tried to make an Aadhaar card of Rohan, it was rejected, upon which the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) ...

UIDAI's Aadhar Kit will today quickly offer retirement associated work
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
new Delhi: There is huge development about main federal government pensioners. The usage of the Aadhaar system when you look at the UIDAI Post ...

Madhya Pradesh: Only 8 % of 1.17 cr ration cards find place in genuine category
Yahoo India News
After complaints of fake ration cards and food supplied in more than required quantity, food department decided to link the ration cards with Aadhaar ...

Digital IDs Make Systemic Bias Worse
WIRED
Other nations' judiciaries have taken on similar biometric ID programs—the Indian Supreme Court set limits on the subcontinent's massive Aadhaar ...

PF Withdrawal through UMANG App: How to withdraw your Provident Fund using govt's e ...
Zee Business
PF Withdrawal through UMANG App: Want to withdraw your provident fund amount but the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is far or ...

DigiLocker claims 43 Cr insurance policy documents stored on the platform
Entrackr
The app allows users to upload and save all their government-issued documents such as Aadhaar, PAN card, driving license, property documents ...

Hyderabad: 'No fraud' in wedding sops
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: The Central government has given a clean chit to the Telangana State government in the much publicised allegations of Aadhaar fraud in ...

TDS on e-commerce deals to hurt SMEs' working capital: Amazon's Agarwal
Business Standard
... the previous year through e-commerce operator is less than Rs 5 lakh and the seller has furnished his Permanent Account Number or Aadhaar.

Pan-India cheque truncation system to be implemented by Sep: RBI
Outlook India
... been decided to allow RRBs, like other commercial banks, to act as merchant acquiring banks, using Aadhaar Pay – BHIM app and POS terminals.

TRS MPs rubbish MP Arvind's question
The New Indian Express
... Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri came under attack by TRS MPs for raising a question in the Lok Sabha on the alleged “rampant Aadhaar fraud ...

Highlights at 5 pm
Yahoo India News
CAL1 WB-KMC-LD AADHAAR KMC puts Aadhaar drive on hold after protests in city Kolkata: The TMC-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has ...

No plan on nationwide NRC yet: Govt
Deccan Herald
... the National Population Register (NPR) saying providing Aadhaar number during the exercise is only voluntary and no document will be collected.

Varsity staff against biometric attendance
The Tribune
The university administration had taken note of these directions to introduce Aadhaar-based biometric attendance for its staff from January 27.

TDS on e-commerce could hit small firms' working capital: Amazon
Free Press Journal
He exuded confidence that the bold economic reforms of the last few years and India's rising tech clout globally, backed by the success of Aadhaar, ...

Union Budget 2020: A balancing act for taxpayers, govt
Livemint
The government has proposed to levy tax collected at source (TCS) at the rate of 5% (10% in case PAN/Aadhaar not furnished) on remittances of `7 ...

Ways to curb fake news and child porn: Centre
The Sentinel Assam
NEW DELHI: The government has said there is absolutely no proposal to link Aadhaar numbers and social media profiles. Union Minister of Law and ...

Parliament Live: Gandhiji is out lifeline, says PM Modi in Lok Sabha
Deccan Herald (blog)
"There is no proposal with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to link social media profiles of users with their Aadhaar number," ...

How to Vote in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2020
News18
... scheme of Ministry of Labour, pension document, smart card issued by RGI under NPR, official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs or Aadhaar card.

Flower vendor finds Rs 30 cr in zero-balance account
Deccan Herald
The official asked them to visit the bank with their Aadhaar card and withdraw the money. When Rehana visited the bank, a woman official told her she ...

Flower vendor wife's bank account gets credited with ₹30 crore
News Live
... has been deposited in my wife's (Rehana) account and then asked me to come to the Bank along with my wife carrying Aadhaar card,” Burhan said.

The big news: US President Donald Trump acquitted of impeachment charges, and 9 other top ...
Scroll.in
No plan to link Aadhaar with social media accounts, Centre tells Lok Sabha: The idea has been mooted several times to combat fake news and curb ...

QCrime: UP Cop Booked for Gang-Rape; Teacher Held For Lewd Texts
The Quint
According to police, local residents in Watganj area had queued up outside a bank to correct their Aadhaar cards. Some of them alleged that two ...