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

Saturday, February 22, 2020

14401 - 21st Feb 2020 - Aadhaar News Update,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 21 February 2020
NEWS

Aadhaar verification notices to 127 Hyderabad residents not citizenship test, says UIDAI
Deccan Herald
UIDAI has on Wednesday issued a clarification reading: "Aadhaar is not a document of citizenship" and that "Aadhaar has got nothing to do with the ...

EC renews bid to link Aadhaar, voter id; law ministry may move cabinet note
Livemint
New Delhi - The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday renewed its bid for linking Aadhaar with voter identity card, in an effort to clean up ...

Linking Aadhaar database to electoral roll is unwise
Economic Times (blog)
The union cabinet, according to media reports, is likely to amend the Aadhaar Act to legally empower the election commission to link the Aadhaar ...

Tread with care: Linking electoral roll with Aadhaar can empower migrant voters, but must not be ...
Economic Times (blog)
The government is considering amending the Aadhaar legislation to legally empower the Election Commission to link the electoral roll with the unique ...

Centre working on legal changes to link Aadhaar with voter ID soon
India Today
Linking of Aadhaar with voter ID is on the cards with the Centre informing the Election Commission that it has moved to amend the Aadhaar Act to link ...

Over 400 Aadhaar Cards In Telangana Lined For Deactivation, Claims BJP
NDTV
BJP's Telangana unit spokesperson K Krishna Saagar Rao on Thursday said that over 400 Aadhaar cards in the state are lined up for deactivation as ...

Link PAN to Aadhaar, Secure Data by Law
Economic Times (blog)
Several deadlines have gone by, after the Supreme Court's ruling mandating PAN-Aadhaar linkage, which is needed to weed out duplicate PANs.

UP: Fake Aadhaar, PAN cards used for duping banks, 2 held
Outlook India
Noida (UP), Feb 19 (PTI) Two men, accused of duping banks of crores of rupees using credit cards made on the basis of forged Aadhaar and PAN ...

Registration for Pashu Aadhaar begins in dist
Times of India
The Aadhaar-like system for animals was introduced last year, following a government committee recommending UID for cattle and buffaloes to ...

Aadhaar Services on SMS: Full list of facilities from UIDAI - Check how you can get these benefits ...
Zee Business
Aadhaar Card authority, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a service called “Aadhaar Services on SMS” which enables ...

How to hyperlink Aadhaar and UAN (straightforward 5 steps)
Sahiwal Tv (blog)
And just lately, EPFO ​​has launched a Universal Account Number (UAN) –aadhaar linking facility utilizing the federal government's UMANG cell app ...

Aadhaar SMS Services: Know about Various Aadhaar Service Through SMS
Moneycontrol.com
Aadhaar SMS services are not well known by the masses; an individual can lock/unlock Aadhaar, create a virtual id & more through SMS service.

News updates from Hindustan Times: 127 people in Hyderabad neighbourhood asked to verify ...
Hindustan Times
More than a 100 people in a Hyderabad neighbourhood have been asked by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to verify their Aadhaar ...

Saying Aadhaar, PAN not enough to prove citizenship unfair: Asaduddin Owaisi
The New Indian Express
First, they said PAN card is the citizenship card, then Aadhaar came. But now, even these documents are not enough to prove our citizenship. How fair ...

Aadhaar Seva Kendra closed on Shivaratri
Star of Mysore
The Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Vijayanagar in city will remain closed on Feb. 21 on account of Maha Shivaratri, according to a press release from ...

Amid oppn uproar, House passes agri & jan aadhaar bills
Times of India
Jaipur: The assembly on Tuesday passed two bills, Rajasthan Agriculture Produce Markets (amendment) Bill 2020 and Rajasthan Jan Aadhaar ...

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slams aadhaar notices to 127 people
India TV
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi accused the Unique Identification Authority Of India ( UIDAI ) of bias after it sent notices to 127 people of Telangana ...

Jharkhand: Almost 90% of deleted ration cards belonged to real households, finds study
Scroll.in
Almost 56% of these deleted ration cards were not linked with Aadhaar. The study comes at a time when the Jharkhand government is reportedly ...

“How Many Muslim, Dalit?” Asaduddin Owaisi slams Aadhaar notices to 127 – TV9 (Video)
SocialNews.XYZ
“How Many Muslim, Dalit?” Asaduddin Owaisi slams Aadhaar notices to 127 – TV9 (Video) ... #AsaduddinOwaisi #Aadhaar #TV9Telugu. Facebook ...

Centre working on legal changes to link Aadhaar with voter ID soon – TV9 (Video)
SocialNews.XYZ
Centre working on legal changes to link Aadhaar with voter ID soon – TV9 (Video). Posted By: Social News XYZ February 20, 2020 ...

Asaduddin Owaisi hits out on Aadhaar's notice to 127 in Hyderabad – TV9 (Video)
SocialNews.XYZ
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India's Growing Surveillance State
Foreign Affairs
A Congress party–run government launched the Aadhaar program in 2009 with the stated goal of giving every Indian a clear, stable form of ...

Govt to give EC legal power to link Aadhaar with Voter ID – TV9 (Video)
SocialNews.XYZ
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tv9telugu ▻ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tv9Telugu. #Aadhaar #EC #TV9Telugu.

WATCH: Aadhaar & Voter ID to be linked soon to remove bogus & duplicate entries from voter list
Times Now
The Government moves to amend the Aadhaar Act to empower the Election Commission & link Aadhaar with Voter ID in an attempt to remove bogus ...

Yemeni national held for illegally staying in India
The Siasat Daily
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Police has arrested a Yemen national for illegally staying in India and seized illegal Indian passport and Aadhaar card ...

False Aadhar: Hyderabad lawyer slaps legal notice to UIDAI
The Siasat Daily
The UIDAI who is exercising its Powers under the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and nowhere in the Aadhaar Act the law states about the production of ...

BSF Assistant Commandant commits suicide in JK's Kathua
ANI News
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): BJP's Telangana unit spokesperson K Krishna Saagar Rao on Thursday said that over 400 Aadhaar ...
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