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

Monday, March 9, 2020

14413 - 9th March 2020 - Aadhaar Daily Updates,


Aadhaar, Daily update ⋅ 9 March 2020

Want free PAN Card using Aadhaar authentication in just 10 minutes? Follow these steps
India TV
With the Income Tax department's new facility, one can get PAN card on the basis of Aadhaar Card without filling up the online application form in detail.

Home-grown platform for Artificial Intelligence to come to India
The Navhind Times
And then there is data from land records, the Aadhaar number of farmers and their mobile numbers. So, we will have all this data coming from various ...

The Villain NPR-NRC
The Citizen (press release)
(j) Aadhaar was started as an “identity” to obviate all other identity documents. Even today, people queue-up at Aadhaar centres for fresh enrolments, ...

Use of 'magic pen': City bizman duped of money
Daily Pioneer
Investigation would reveal whether the Aadhaar number issued in the name of one Rajat Sharma from Nayapalli area is original or duplicate.

Odisha's pension disbursal goes online
OrissaPOST
... (linked) their Aadhaar numbers with their pension accounts from April 1. ... pensioners are likely to be covered under Aadhaar before the deadline.

Kumaraswamy lashes out at BC Patil over farm loan waiver
The Hindu
“They needed to produce only Aadhaar, ration card and bank account details, as per the guidelines. If the documents were not in order, it was the ...

Burglars scoff at police patrolling, target two houses
Times of India
The burglars also stole Parmar's aadhaar card and RC book. Another complaint of burglary was filed by 50-year-old Shilpa Patel, a resident of Vasna ...

UIDAI holds training camp for operators, supervisors of J&K Bank
State Times
The training focused on quality norms to be followed while Aadhaar enrolment/ update. UIDAI RO Chandigarh keeps on organising such training ...

Booking IRCTC e-ticket, tatkal ticket? Top 11 steps by Indian Railways to check touts
Financial Express
This has been increased to 12 tickets per month, only if the users have linked their IRCTC user ID with their Aadhaar number, and if at least one of ...
Major changes in PAN, Income Tax, GST, these rules will be applicable from April 1
News Track English
PAN, Aadhaar converged rules Linking. The last date has been announced by the Income Tax Department to link your PAN card to the Aadhaar card.

Techplained: Trade in virtual currencies to pick up after SC verdict
Financial Express
As currency exchanges did keep on incorporating more checks and balances—they allowed Aadhaar seeding of cryptocurrency accounts and ...

Catalysing India's e-economy
Millennium Post
The immense digital presence of Indians in terms of 1.25 billion Aadhaar, 1.2 billion mobile phones and 1 billion bank accounts requires colossal ...

Survey: Majority of waste pickers have never heard of Swachch Bharat
The Asian Age
This means they are not given identity documents like Aadhaar card. They are subject to several layers of discrimination, including caste, gender, ...

Speaker concern over 'leak'
Telegraph India
Even in the case of the Aadhaar card, the Supreme Court had raised concerns over data privacy. Therefore, data security is essential.” “Everyone ...

True Facts Of CAA, NRC
India West
This is trivial for the 123 crore Indians who have Aadhaar cards. For the others, there are procedures which treat all religions the same. The NRC does ...

Mantra Softech Participated in National Education CSR Conclave and Showcased Its Innovative ...
IT News Online
Mantra has already deployed Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) solutions in entire government schools of Andhra Pradesh and ...

India to Pakistan via Kartarpur Corridor: Complete guide in 10 minutes
News Heads
Step 3: Fill in your details like passport number, address, aadhaar number and other essentials. Step 4: Wait for the verification process. Step 5: After ...

'EVMs Are Tamper-Proof': Parliamentary Panel With TMC, BSP MPs Backs Election Commission
LatestLY
The panel also supported the EC's proposal to link Aadhaar cards with voter IDs, saying it would eliminate incidence of multiple entries in electoral ...
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