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, May 7, 2020

14462 - 7th MAY 2020,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 7 May 2020

Glitches In Aadhaar Enabled Payment System Amplified As Transactions Surge
BloombergQuint
The government's Covid-19 rescue package, which includes cash transfers to over 30 crore accounts, is running into glitches in the Aadhaar Enabled ...

Aadhar card can now be updated at Common Service Centes: FAQs answered
Times Now
Aadhar number may be used to make a payment via BHIM Aadhaar Pay app of any bank from your Aadhaar-linked bank account. UID number is unique ...

COVID-19 lockdown: EPFO allows employers to register digital signatures via e-mail
Financial Express
... not able to function normally and are facing problems in using their digital signatures or Aadhaar-based e-sign on EPFO portal, the statement said.

4 Standardized KYC Processes Can Now Ease Your Investment Process
Goodreturns
Aadhaar-based KYC: Some 9 entities for transactions undertaken through them can carry out aadhaar based authentication or aadhaar-based eKYC.

Blind woman denied Aadhar card, gets deprived of govt benefits
OrissaPOST
To avail the state government's benefits the beneficiaries must have their Aadhar cards. But no such facilities are available for a differently-abled ...

Airtel Payments Bank helps mantain banking services across India
Times of India
Through AEPS, customers of any bank with Aadhaar-linked bank accounts can make financial transactions at the designated banking points of Airtel ...

Covid-19 Exposes Gaps in Indian Laws to Protect Workers
NewsClick
From Aadhaar details to get on Shramik trains, to filthy quarantine centres and police beatings; the journey home is stripping workers of rights and ...

Ball starts to roll for Telangana government to facilitate migrant workers' journey back home
The New Indian Express
“They can authorise us based on Aadhaar cards,” said Ram Kishan from Chattisgarh. ADVERTISEMENT. J&K natives in Hyd seek SHRC help

Covid-19 Impact: 52% citizens want liquor home delivery in red zones
Livemint
However, some of these can be addressed if Aadhaar authentication is utilised. LocalCircles said it will share these findings with chief secretaries of all ...

Ratan Tata buys 50% stake in Mumbai teenager's pharmacy chain
Business Today
Generic Aadhar, a start-up by Arjun Deshpande, follows a unique pharmacy-aggregator business model - it sources generic drugs directly from ...

India Post's Punjab Circle provides yeoman service during ongoing lockdown
Business Insider India
The payments are made by Aadhaar Enabled Payment Systems through branch postmasters and any bank account of the beneficiary must be linked ...

Turned back from Haryana border, migrant families return to Zirakpur village only to be refused entry
Hindustan Times
But none of them had an Aadhaar card or a curfew pass so they were not allowed to cross over. The villagers have given a written complaint to Dera ...

India should put in large enough stimulus package to revive demand: Abhijit Banerjee
Economic Times
... also pitched for direct cash transfer to 60% of the population, issuing temporary ration cards and using 'national' Aadhaar cards to help the poor.

Banerjee: Give cash, it's not liberals' idea
Telegraph India
“Aadhaar-based claims on PDS, wherever you are, would be eligible. Because then a lot of people would have then gone to the local ration shop and ...

Digital lenders struggle to cope with slowdown induced by virus
Livemint
... suspended for NBFCs after the Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that private entities cannot force anyone to share Aadhaar data for KYC authentication.

If data is the new oil, why give away yours for free?
Economic Times (blog)
For both banking and Aadhaar OTP verification, you just need a working phone for SMS. Imagine using your primary phone number on an old 2G feature ...

Respond to allegations of nixing ration cards: High court to Telangana
Times of India
Masood also said that the authorities are insisting that migrants should produce Aadhaar cards and ration cards. He wanted the court to direct the state ...

KDMC bans entry of people working in Mumbai
Free Press Journal
He has urged such employees to mail their information with their names, residential addresses, office addresses, mobile numbers and Aadhaar Card ...

Registration of properties resumes in East Godavari
The Hans India
KYC has been suspended and instead Aadhaar-based registrations are being made. Meanwhile, the Document Writers Association leaders cautioned ...

GST Return Filing: Modi government takes big step, allows this in Form GSTR-3B
Zee Business
... normally and are facing problems in using their digital signatures or Aadhaar-based e-sign on EPFO portal, a statement by labour ministry said.

Doctors work with Pune police to provide medical certificates to labourers; decision on transport ...
Hindustan Times
including name, Aadhaar number, phone number and destination. However, the forms will not be processed without a medical certificate stating ...

Poor without ration cards should also be given food grains: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
The Statesman
He also called upon Paswan to exempt the requirement of Aadhaar-based Biometric Authentication for the release of food grains during the period of ...

'We just want to go home'
Mid-Day
mid-day also met workers who are from Nepal. "Since I am from Nepal, I don't have an Aadhaar card. How will I travel to my native place? No one has ...

Coronavirus | Here's what you need to know about PF withdrawals amid lockdown
Moneycontrol.com
... by the EPF, a subscriber's Universal Account Number (UAN) must be activated and linked with the Aadhaar, bank account, and mobile number.

Gujarat: Uttar Pradesh migrant cycling back home dies of fatigue near Karjan
Times of India
Karjan police identified him from the Aadhaar card found from his luggage. They also found the identity card of an engineering company that he was ...

Three UPA-era initiatives prove crucial in Modi govt's war on Covid
Business Standard
The National Food Security Act (NFSA), the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and Aadhaar were introduced under the ...

'Conmen may have fleeced some migrants'
Times of India
Passengers' details like name, phone number, aadhaar are shared by states with railways. Download. The Times of India News App for Latest City News.

Delhi draws up list of those to be sent home
The Indian Express
The launch of an online registration process, creation of a database of names on Aadhaar cards, talks with other state governments, and setting in ...

Govt must not deny food grains to poor without ration card: Jairam Ramesh
Moneycontrol.com
Besides, he also called upon Paswan to exempt the requirement of Aadhaar-based Biometric Authentication for the release of food grains during the ...
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