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 9, 2020

14388 - Aadhaar Daily update ⋅ 7 February 2020,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 7 February 2020
NEWS

Instant Allotment Of e-PAN Based On Aadhaar To Begin This Month
NDTV
The government this month will roll out a facility to issue online PAN cards instantly on furnishing of Aadhaar details, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan ...

Kolkata Municipal Corporation puts Aadhaar updation on hold after protests by locals alleging
Deccan Herald
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has put on hold its initiative of updating and correction of Aadhaar details after protests by locals alleging ...

ePAN Card: How To Get ePAN Instantly Using Aadhaar?
Goodreturns
In the next step, for the verification of applicant's aadhaar details, he or she will receive a one-time password or OTP on his aadhaar registered mobile ...

Aadhaar Ghosts? 7 States Have More Aadhaar Than the Population, says Govt
Moneylife
As many as seven states have more Aadhaar holders than the population of the states, reveals a reply given by the Indian government. This is not only ...

Illegal Aadhaar centres in Thane: Cops open probe
Mid-Day
Days after mid-day published an investigation on the illegal Aadhaar centres operational in Thane, the Crime Branch has started investigating them.

''One nation, one ration card'' scheme will be made applicable across country from June: Paswan
Outlook India
... ration anywhere in the country, provided the ration card is linked to Aadhaar and there are 100 per cent POS machines installed at ration shops.

Voter ID will now have to be linked to Aadhaar, the government has given permission
OBN
Voter ID will also have to be linked to Aadhaar. This proposal of the Election Commission has now been approved by the Law Ministry. However, the ...

Between Apr'18 and Oct'18, Labour and Employment Ministry DBT transactions worth more than ...
MediaNama.com
In several cases, the transactions failed because beneficiaries had inactive Aadhaar numbers or hadn't linked them to their banks accounts, their bank ...

For a data firewall
The Hindu
Public data leaks have been quite common in India — from government websites enabling the download of Aadhaar numbers to electoral data rolls ...

B'deshi sex worker racket: Another couple held in Pipili
Daily Pioneer
Though Anjali was a Bangladeshi national, she was having an Indian Aadhaar card that was provided to her by one Abhi residing on the outskirts of ...

RBI policy: CPI-based inflation to GDP growth, key numbers at a glance
Business Standard
The Reserve Bank on Thursday expectedly left interest rates unchanged amid uncertain inflation outlook but left the door open for more easing in

Delhi Election 2020: Don't have voter ID? Carry these documents to the polling booth
Business Insider India
The identity documents that can act as photo ID proofs to cast the vote include passport, PAN card, driving licence, aadhaar card, pension documents, ...

RBI's DPI to track reach of digitisation of payments in India by July
Business Standard
To promote digital banking in rural areas, regional rural banks (RRBs) will now be allowed to act as merchant acquiring banks using Aadhaar Pay, the ...

Rs 4 lakh cr of bad loans recovered through insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings: Anurag Thakur
Outlook India
He said the government is also planning to provide PAN cards based on Aadhaar without seeking any additional documents. PTI JBL KND AQS ...

Promoting livelihood Diversification among Marginalized Farmers in Koshi Region
ReliefWeb
Earlier after training 35 applications have been submitted to the department with farmer's respective Aadhaar cards, photo, registered bank passbook.

Haryana approves policy for Tibetan refugee children in educational institutions
Times of India
... avoid any hardship to the children of Tibetan refugees in availing the educational benefits/facilities for want of Aadhaar, an Aadhaar enrolment camp ...

Delhi Assembly Polls 2020: Going to vote? You need to remember these things
India TV
... the scheme of Ministry of Labour,; Pension document with a photograph,; Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs, and; Aadhaar Card.

Now main faculty academics will make the bottom of youngsters
OBN
Now academics will make Aadhaar card of youngsters ... Now the Aadhaar Card of the kids will likely be made by main faculty academics.

Delhi polls: How to cast your vote without a voter ID?
Deccan Herald
... under the scheme of Ministry of Labour; Pension document with photograph; Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs, and; Aadhaar Card.

Paper people: The more and more official ID we have to prove who we are, the less and less we ...
Economic Times (blog)
Today, we are becoming paper people, with papers proving who we are: Passports, PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, Voter ID cards, National Population ...

Haryana to give benefits to children of Tibetan refugees
Daily Pioneer
The minister said the State overnment will organise Aadhaar enrolment camps at least twice in a year for the refugees to get the cards so that they ...

Police nab culprit within 12 hours of crime
Daily Pioneer
At that time, he started talking on the phone with a family member near the bridge when two persons robbed him of Rs 22,000, Aadhaar card and other ...

Alert! SBI may block your bank account after Feb 28
Pragativadi
New Delhi: The State Bank of India (SBI) has issued a public notice to the SBI account holders asking them to complete their KYC and avoid future ...

NIIMs is a noble idea, but protect our data
The Standard
In India, the Supreme Court upheld the 'Aadhaar' system on condition that India comes up with a strong data protection framework. As per the Huduma ...

Startup Policy Rundown: INR 1055 Cr Allocation To Fund Of Funds, Govt Seed Fund Plan & More
Inc42 Media
The minister said that Aadhaar-based verification will help in weeding out dummy or non-existent units. She also said that a system of cash reward will ...

Know your heroes and enemies: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi
Hindustan Times
Personal experience from the field while researching Project Aadhaar and interacting with veteran bureaucrats suggest those who craft public policy ...

Solar power for schools in rural Maharashtra
Times of India
Linking of students' Aadhaar cards with bank accounts, attendance update on a daily basis, e-learning kits screened on digital boards, among others, ...

Good news for farmers! Maharashtra farm loan waiver scheme to be implemented by April 15
Financial Express
“Till now data of 32,16,278 farmers has been uploaded and 95 per cent of them have been linked with Aadhaar. From February 11, scrutiny of how the ...

Flower seller was struggling due to lack of money, suddenly 30 crore credited in the wife's account
News Track English
... he just told that a huge amount has been deposited in my wife's (Rehana) account and I have been asked to come with my wife with Aadhaar card.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave reply to opposition on NPR, said vote bank politics does ...
OBN
He had said that if he asks for Aadhaar card or any of your details from you, do not give up until I say no. Along with Mamta Banerjee, other parties ...
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