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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

14408 - 4th March 2020 - Aadhaar Daily update,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 4 March 2020

Linking Aadhaar, voter ID unwelcome
Deccan Herald
The government's move to amend the Aadhaar legislation to link the electoral rolls with the unique identification number is bad in concept and fraught ...

PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline: Check penalty, how to link and other details
Business Today
Only four weeks are left to link your PAN card with Aadhaar card. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), on February 13, reaffirmed via a .

Your Aadhaar number can help you download your UAN, PPO from DigiLocker. Here's how
Economic Times
According to the DigiLocker website, to sign up for a DigiLocker account, you only require your mobile number or Aadhaar number. By providing your ...

Uzbekistan woman held with fake Aadhaar card
The Hindu
However, while checking the hotel records, the police found that she had produced a fake Aadhaar card. “Though the copy of the Aadhaar card had ...

How to apply for Aadhaar card for infants, children
Gadgets Now
If you are an adult, then you must be aware of the importance of having an Aadhaar card in India. Well, as necessary as it is for adults to get several ...

'Postal Camp' on Aadhaar Registration held
Star of Mysore
'Bank Account can be opened in minutes if one has Aadhaar card and cell phone'. Mysore/Mysuru: India Post Payment Bank, Mysuru Branch, Senior ...

No Aadhaar, No Cremation
Star of Mysore
Move to ensure deceased's identity; also to prevent legal complications. Mysore/Mysuru: It appears that you really cannot escape Aadhaar — even ...

Uzbek woman held with fake Aadhaar copy
Times of India
Madurai: A 22-year-old woman from Uzbekistan was arrested from her room in a city hotel for possessing a copy of a fake Aadhaar card, which she ...

How Aadhaar deprived 33K people of their PDS ration?
OrissaPOST
Reason behind this is that the family's ration card has not been linked to its Aadhaar card. Pitamber's wife bemoaned that her husband has been ...

Aadhaar to be proof of address, age for DL
Times of India
Hyderabad: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) is now accepting Aadhaar as a valid ID for address and age proof to get a driving licence.

PAN card holders could be fined Rs 10000 for not linking it with Aadhaar
Hindustan Times
If you fail to link your PAN card with Aadhaar card within the deadline of March 31, then the income tax department might impose a penalty of ₹10,000 ...

Aadhaar Sewa Kendra opened at Axis Bank
Daily Excelsior
Excelsior Correspondent. LEH, Mar 3: Secretary Information Technology, Ladakh, Saugat Biswas today inaugurated Aadhaar Sewa Kendra at Axis

Aadhaar card with 'jail address' helps cops nab murder accused
Times of India
Lucknow: An Aadhaar card mentioning 'Lucknow Jail' as residential address helped police arrest the murderers of a mini-truck driver found dead in ...

Provident Fund Department organizes an Aadhaar card correction camp in Kalchini
Siliguri Times (press release) (blog)
The Aadhaar cards of the tea garden workers were updated during the camp. Aadhaar card office officials and the officials of the provident fund office ...

CM Uddhav Thackeray: Rs 4807 crore deposited in accounts of 7.65 lakh farmers
Pune Mirror
"Till Tuesday noon, authentication of 10 lakh beneficiary accounts has been done with Aadhaar cards and an amount of Rs 4,807 crore has been ...

Over 1500 new enterprises registered in district
The Hindu
The Udyog Aadhaar allocation of a unique number on registration of new enterprises is similar to the Aadhaar registration number provided to ...

Revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed finance secretary
Hindustan Times
Under his leadership as the CEO of UIDAI (until October 22, 2019), Pandey helped the government in providing digital identity Aadhaar to more than ...

TS working on NPR format since 2015; future still not clear
The Siasat Daily
And not only that, the gazette also reads that the NPR database would be linked with Aadhaar cards. It is learned that the process continued till early ...

Waiving dead farmers' dues helps heirs get loans
Times of India
The dead borrower's Aadhaar number will be replaced by that of the heirs. After that, the amount will be repaid to the bank by state government, said a ...

Irregularities surface in ticket sales at Parthasarathy temple
The Hindu
But genuine devotees were allowed to get only one ticket per person on production of Aadhaar card. People started coming to the temple much before ...

The personal data time bomb
Daily Pioneer
As the citizen database created from the National Population Register (NPR) and the Aadhaar card is being updated and work on a Personal Data ...

Delhi violence: Documents destroyed, victims say don't know how to claim ex gratia
Telegraph India
They torched our house and our documents like voter-identification card, Aadhaar and PAN card, were also destroyed, one of the victims said.

Sensex surges over 500 points, Nifty tests 11300 over optimism to ease economic fallout of ...
Jagran English
New Delhi | Jagran Business Desk: The benchmark Sensex on Tuesday surged over 500 points in the opening session while Nifty also gained nearly ...

3 gangsters involved in murder of Amritsar ex-sarpanch held
Hindustan Times
Bhullar, Buri and Sandhu had arranged fake Aadhaar Cards under the names of Mangal Singh, Ram Dev and Mohinder Singh, respectively. Bhullar ...

Former Akali sarpanch's killing: Punjab Police nab murder accused in 'filmi' 19-hour chase ... - Yahoo India News

Moved to expand 'one nation one ration card' will empower migrants, women
The Hindu BusinessLine
... e-PoS transactions being conducted through smart cards or Aadhaar seeding, this is not a big ask, although some States lag severely in digitisation.

Scripting change in the financial and micro-insurance sectors
The Hindu BusinessLine
In just six years, it has catalysed 1.06 billion Aadhaar cards, 2.98 billion Aadhaar authentications and 150 million eKYCs — a testimony to the ...

Centre in talks with States wary of NPR
The Hindu
... last place of residence” along with other information like Aadhaar particulars (optional), voter ID card, mobile phone and driving license numbers.

Can you opt-out of answering questions during NPR? Here's what officials say
The News Minute
Last month, the Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai had in written replies in Lok Sabha stated that an individual's Aadhaar number will be ...

You Would Be Fined 10000 If Your PAN Not Linked With Aadhar Before March 31
League Of India
NEW DELHI: PAN card holders may have to pay a hefty fine amounting to Rs 10,000 if they fail to link their PAN cards with Aadhaar by March 31, 2020 ...

Letters to the editor dated March 3, 2020
The Hindu BusinessLine
This refers to 'Link your PAN with Aadhaar by March-end to avoid ₹10,000 fine' (www.thehindubusinessline.com). The reported fact that the Income ...

More than 30 foreigners staying illegally in Nanjangud Industrial Area!
Star of Mysore
Illegal immigrants possess Aadhaar and Ration Cards. Mysore/Mysuru: Following the arrest of two Bangladeshi illegal immigrants by City Crime ...
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