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, March 1, 2020

14406 - Aadhaar Daily Update,




Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 1 March 2020
NEWS

Future of Work: Aadhaar's Chief Architect Pramod Varma on building the world's largest biometric ...
YourStory.com
Aadhaar is the world's largest biometric identity programme covering about 16 percent of the world's population. It also holds immense potential in ...

India Post Payments Bank surpasses 2 Crore Customers
Elets
With the unveiling of Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) Services in September 2019, IPPB is now the single largest platform in the country to ...

How To Invest In Direct Mutual Fund Schemes Online?
Goodreturns
An OTP will be sent your Aadhaar linked number that you can enter in the portal to complete KYC verification process. You will also be asked for PAN ...

Mozilla calls for openness in Digital ID systems
Myjoyonline.com
In India, for example, there are documented cases of people dying because they did not have an Aadhaar number or their Aadhaar didn't work. 2.

Digital Payments in India: UPI Stands Triumphant Over Debit and Credit Cards
Dazeinfo
A volume of 2.3 billion Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) transactions (ONUS, OFFUS, DEMO AUTH and eKYC) were recorded in 2019 which ...

CEO Reading List: February 29
The Hindu BusinessLine
In an effort to plug leakages, over 90 per cent ration cards have been Aadhaar seeded. This resulted in cancellation of over 2.98 crore ration cards.

High tribal turnout for Government benefits in Red turf
The New Indian Express
Similarly, 59 persons were enrolled for Aadhaar. The highest of 385 applications were received for labour cards. Besides, 177 applications were 

Make all Assam tea garden workers' accounts DBT compatible: FM
SME Times
Asking the banks to be flexible, she said they shouldn't insist on Aadhaar as the only valid identity document and accept other valid identity proofs like ...

Skill training for youths at RUDSET Institute
Star of Mysore
Aadhaar card, Caste Income certificate, Photo, BPL/APL card are compulsory for attending the programme. Though education is not mandatory, for ...

Elderly woman in Maharashtra receives loan-waiver in hospital
Yahoo India News
Due to the injuries sustained during the accident, she could not go to for Aadhaar authentication. Keeping in mind her problems, Dhule and Nandurbar ...

CM: Rs 25K instant relief being given to victims
Daily Pioneer
... documents, such as voter ID Card, Aadhaar Card, Community Certificate, Income Certificate, copies of property deeds,” a Government official said.

Disappointing, says Ibobi on budget estimate
E-Pao.net
He asserted that benefits of several schemes can be delivered to beneficiaries directly through DBT if the job cards, Aadhaar cards and bank accounts ...

Man kills uncle for planning to marry a woman from lower caste
Times of India
Saleem Ahmad, station house officer (SHO) of Shahganj, said, “During investigation, we found Nikhil Sharma's Aadhaar card from the well, in which ...

Bangladeshi JMB terrorist and his Indian aide convicted by Kolkata court in money laundering and ...
OpIndia
During interrogation, the accused has confessed that he is a Bangladeshi and had illegally obtained fake Aadhaar and Indian voter cards from in ...

Letters to the Editor — February 29, 2020
The Hindu
To discredit Aadhaar is to overlook its effectiveness in plugging leakages in fuel subsidy and eliminating duplicate income tax Permanent Account ...

Data Protection in Digital India
BW Businessworld
... like Personally Identifiable Information (PII), financial information such as credit and debit cards data, medical health information, Aadhaar and Voter ...

India's largest product-tech-design conference
Inventiva
Anandamoy Roychowdhary (CTO, Sequoia Capital), Pramod Varma (Chief Architect of Aadhaar), Sidu Ponnappa (SVP Engineering, Gojek), Sriram V ...

SpringWorks rolls out WhatsApp tool to verify govt IDs instantly
Inventiva
All you have to do is take a picture of their PAN card, driving licence, Aadhaar card or Voter ID and send it to SpringVerify WhatsApp ID. For the data ...

Missing or dead, they were out to earn for family
Millennium Post
He was carrying deceased's Aadhaar card and other necessary documents. "February 25 was the last time when I talked to him over the phone.

SBI and HDFC account holders should do this work, otherwise the transaction will be closed
OBN
KYC can be completed from documents like Voter ID, Passport, Aadhaar Card, Driving License, NREGA Card, Pension Payment Order. 
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