AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14391 - 10th Feb 2020

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

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

14391 - 10th Feb 2020 - Aadhaar Articles

Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 10 February 2020

Banks to complete Aadhaar verification in a week
Times of India
We have asked the banks to conduct the scrutiny of the Aadhaar-linked accounts to figure out if the particular beneficiary has more than Rs 2 lakh loan ...

If Not Linked to Aadhaar, over 17 Crore PAN Cards May Become Inoperative after March 31
News18
“If a person fails to intimate the Aadhaar number, the permanent account number allotted to such person shall be made inoperative after the notified ...

Aadhaar Mandatory for Last Rites? BBMP Crematoriums and Graveyards in Bengaluru Ask for ...
LatestLY
Bengaluru, February 10: Aadhaar card will now have to be produced at crematoriums and graveyards in Bengaluru for laying the dead body at rest.

Will alcohol be linked to Aadhaar card now? Demand arose in this state
News Track English
While giving his suggestion, Dilawar has said that if liquor is sold on the basis of Aadhaar card, it can be controlled to a great extent. The BJP MLA and ...

Tripura revoke 67K fake ration cards: Chief Minister
Outlook India
Tripura Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department''s Secretary Debasis Basu said that "With Aadhaar number seeding, the ''End-to-End ...

From market to fair, protest echoes
Telegraph India
Will they be ready to surrender their Indian voter cards, Aadhaar cards, passports and other documents and declare themselves as Bangladeshi ...

'Moderation in India's growth coincides with global situation': Anurag Thakur
Economic Times
... Make-in-India programme to boost domestic manufacturing capacity, liberalisation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and JanDhan-Aadhaar-Mobile ...

Information About How to get Widow Pension
The Sentinel Assam
... bank details, mobile number and at least one of the following documents identifying her – the PAN Card or the Voter ID Card or the Aadhaar Card or ...

Revision In Growth May Not Cause Any Stress In NBFCs: FM Sitharaman
Outlook India
... Make-in-India programme to boost domestic manufacturing capacity, liberalization of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile ...

Chandigarh: Resettled vendors rue lack of business and facilities in new vending zones
Citizen Matters
... survey for registration as a vendor was carried out in 2016, while in his friend Bahadur's case, the lack of a Chandigarh Aadhaar card proved critical.

Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Govt Over NPR-NRC Debate, Says 'No Difference Between Them'
Republic World
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed the government over the implementation of the citizenship ...

How the Chandigarh Municipality raked in Rs 21 crore from its street vendor regularisation plan
Citizen Matters
It also makes it mandatory for a vendor to have an Aadhaar card to be included in the scheme, and are required to register themselves and pay a ...

India Skills Kerala 2020: Wild card entry allowed in five disciplines
The New Indian Express
Thos e interested should appear at the centres before 9 am on February 15 with documents like original Aadhaar card and a passport-size photograph ...

Be cautious of forces opposing CAA: Lt Gen RR Nimbhorkar
The Hitavada
... at Melghat and in Gadchiroli population has Aadhaar cards knowing well its advantage accruing to them, he said and added, “So these fears being ...

Know what advantages you'll get from PM
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
The authorities is giving 6-6 thousand rupees to farmers yearly solely after their land paperwork and Aadhaar verification. In such a state of affairs, this ...

Nifty, Sensex may come under pressure – Monday closing report
Moneylife
We had mentioned in last week's closing report that Nifty, Sensex rose on the back of strong institutional buying. The major indices opened lower and ...

& # 039; The quantity of varied schemes being despatched to the account of 1.20 crore farmers ...
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
... of the state registered on-line are being despatched the quantity of varied schemes straight into their financial institution accounts linked to Aadhaar.

Tribals beheaded for opposing Satipati cult, not Pathalgadi: Fact-finding team
eNewsroom
The cult practitioners, active in the village, since the past year had asked people to surrender their ration card, Aadhaar card, voter card and also to ...