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

Thursday, April 30, 2020

14456 - 30th APRIL 2020 -


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 30 April 2020

UIDAI allows around 20000 CSCs to start Aadhaar updation
MediaNama.com
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has permitted Common Service Centres (CSCs) to start Aadhaar updation facility at around 20,000 ...

UIDAI permits Aadhaar updation facility through CSC
Doordarshan
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that to make Aadhaar updating easier for citizens, Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI has ...

Sarvatra Tech logs over 3-fold jump in Aadhar-enabled transactions in rural India amid lockdown
Economic Times
Sarvatra said as the government has announced the Rs 1.7 lakh crore financial support to the needy due to coronavirus pandemic, its AePS (Aadhar ...

Need cash in Noida hotspot areas? Banks offering doorstep cash delivery facility
Livemint
India post, through Aadhaar enabled payment services, is serving in 19 locations. We shall make all efforts to enable hassle-free financial transactions ...

PM Awas Yojana 2020: Buy Low Cost House through This Government Scheme; Know How to ...
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
Identity Proof :- PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar card, passport, driving license, Any government issued photo ID Card and A letter with a photograph ...

Bihar: Sushil Kumar Modi seeks 'aarogya' wrist band for Covid-19 patients
Times of India
Further, bank account details and Aadhaar numbers of the 1 crore beneficiaries have also been procured to provide them assistance, Bihar Aapda ...

Yashwant Sinha says lockdown can't be indefinite, Jaffrelot on 'populist' leader Modi
ThePrint
... shows “worrying parallels” with the Aadhaar project, “like Aadhaar it increasingly seems that the application will be used as an object of coercion”.

India Post steps in to help Madh Islanders facing cash shortage
Mid-Day
But very few transactions were successful, since most residents didn't have their active mobile numbers linked to their Aadhaar cards — which is a ...

This gritty trans woman goes the extra mile
Telangana Today
Only 5 per cent of them have an Aadhaar or a ration card. The under-representation, stigma, and taboo attached to the community have made many ...

Millions Waiting One Month After States Promised Cash To Construction Workers
HuffPost India
Aadhaar · Privacy · Data · Gadgets · Gaming ... was the lack of bank details and Aadhaar numbers for India's estimated 5.3 crore construction workers, ...

94% people in Indian metros embrace digital retail payment
Telangana Today
“In addition, India's Open API Stack leverages the Aadhaar biometric identification programme to make digital transactions cheaper and more efficient ...

Delhi BJP MP Gautam Gambhir turns down CM Arvind Kejriwal's ration coupon offer
The New Indian Express
Delhi government has pledged to give free ration to 30 lakh additional people who do not have ration cards, but have Aadhaar cards and applied ...

Rural poor not getting ration: Survey
The New Indian Express
“In Koppal and Bidar, entitlements were denied due to failure to capture biometrics and other technical issues associated with Aadhaar. In Vijayapura ...

Goa: State mulls freeze in DA hike, budget cuts for infra projects
Times of India
... was an apt time to end wasteful expenditure on new government buildings and subsidies such as Griha Aadhaar, Laadli Laxmi and other doles.

Jharkhand: Of 7 lakh ration card applicants, just 35% get promised grains
Times of India
Most of the ration cards were made invalid by the state government in the recent years owing to issues of duplicity, Aadhaar card linkages. Others who ...

UP: Now, BJP's Charkhari MLA Threatens Muslim Vegetable Seller
Republic World
“When the vegetable vendor entered the lane (where his house is situated in Lucknow's Gomtinagar), one of my aides asked him to show his Aadhaar ...

COVID-19 patients should wear 'Aarogya Setu Embedded Wrist Band' for easy monitoring:Sushil
Yahoo India News
Besides, details of Aadhar and bank accounts are being collected on Bihar Apda Sahyog Portal in order to get them matched with ration card data so ...

Now, BJP MLA From UP's Charkhari Caught on Tape Threatening Muslim Vegetable Seller
News18
When the vegetable vendor entered the lane (where his house is situated in Lucknow's Gomtinagar), one of my aides asked him to show his Aadhaar ...

UP Fishermen get cash in their village through APES
Express Computer (press release) (blog)
... the village and enabled them to withdraw cash from their accounts through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) in the village itself.

Voluntary Provident Fund: Are There Benefits To Higher Than Mandatory EPF Contributions?
Goodreturns
On change of employment, note that VPF is linked to UAN as well as Aadhaar will makes it easy to transfer your account to the new location and ...

Banks in Gautam Buddh Nagar delivering cash at doorsteps in hotspot areas
ANI News
India post, through Aadhaar enabled payment services, is serving in 19 locations," he tweeted. With 1,594 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last ...

Gambhir politely turns down Kejriwal's ration coupon offer
Newsd.in
... has pledged to give free ration to 30 lakh additional people who do not have ration cards, but have Aadhaar cards and applied online for ration.
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