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

Saturday, May 9, 2020

14464 - 9TH MAY 2020 - DAILY UPDATES,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 9 May 2020

Ratan Tata invests in pharma startup Generic Aadhaar
Times of India
Generic Aadhaar sources generic drugs directly from manufacturers and sells it to retailers, eliminating 16-20 per cent wholesaler margins. The start-up ...

Tatan Tata invests in pharma start-up Generic Aadhaar
Business Insider India
Generic Aadhaar was founded by the Thane kid, Arjun Deshpande, in April 2019, when he was 16. It supplies quality generic drugs from reputed ...

Fix the problems in Aadhaar-based cash transactions
Livemint
As a result, we have seen a pivot to reliance on the Aadhaar enabled Payment System (AePS), which has emerged as a key cash-out medium.

Generic Aadhaar provides medicines directly from WHO-GMP facility
Gadgets Now
Generic Aadhaar supplies diabetes and hypertension drugs. It soon plans to start offering cancer drugs at rates much lower than the market price.

Bihar govt asks dealers not to deny ration citing tech issues
The Indian Express
'Covid relief also to cards not linked to Aadhaar'. Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Published: May 8, 2020 1:11:10 am. Next.

Follows pharmacy-aggregator business model
Gadgets Now
Called Generic Aadhaar , it's the two-year-old startup aims to bring affordable medicines to masses. Here's all you need to know about Generic ...

13-year-old boy dies in Delhi's Rohini, locals say he was beaten by cop
Hindustan Times
... to photocopy an Aadhaar card to obtain ration. The police denied the allegations, saying it was an accidental death caused by a fall in a public park.

In lockdown, man finds his way back home, 14 years after he left
Times of India
As part of procedure, we take a copy of the Aadhaar cards of those in quarantine. But Monu would not share his. He seems to be in trauma and could ...

Tipplers Line Up Outside TASMAC Shops In Tamil Nadu With Never-seen-before Discipline
Republic World
The buyers can get only two 750 ml bottles once in three days and will have to carry their Aadhaar cards, whose details are to be entered in the bills.

Spurned at midnight by Karnataka, migrant labourers return dejected
Times of India
Senior government officials said confusion arose after it was found that some of the workers possessed Aadhaar cards with Goan addresses while the ...

Migrant Workers Refused By Karnataka Due To Lack Of IDs, Will Send Them Back Soon: Goa CM
Republic World
"They could not produce any Aadhaar card or voter card with a Karnataka address, which is why they were sent back from the border," he told the ...

Partially eaten body of a brick kiln labourer found in Kashi
Hindustan Times
The deceased was identified as Gupteshwar Singh aka Govind Singh by the Aadhaar card recovered from his pocket. Singh, hailing from Pahad ...

Patients to be treated for free
Times of India
... gas victims will be treated for free and directed hospital managements to provide treatment to all the victims just by taking their Aadhaar number.

Admn starts registration of migrant labourers
Daily Excelsior
Hundreds of workers and their family members have submitted their Aadhaar cards and got registered during the first day. The district administration ...

India News Headlines: Latest India Business News 8th May 2020
Tentaran
Ratan Tata on Thursday picked up a stake in Generic Aadhaar which is a pharmaceutical startup. Rahul Jaimini, co-founder & chief technology officer ...

Why Covid-19 infecting people indoor?
Free Press Journal
At many outlets people were seen jostling with each other to buy liquor though all of them had turned up with Aadhaar cards to stock up on bottles.

PMRF 2020: Everything you need to know
India Today
Step 5: Provide your aadhaar details and other documents asked. Step 6: Pay the online fee. Step 7: Click on the submit option. Selection process for ...

KTC ferries Diu students home, brings Goans back
Times of India
... said that the police at the border checkpost did not permit them to carry out the exchange since a majority of them didn't have an Aadhaar card.

T releases Rs 1200 cr towards loan waiver
Times of India
The government had directed the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to prepare a list of agriculture gold loans, and the Aadhaar database of farmers will ...

Elliot Alderson calls COVID-19 tracking app Aarogya Setu a 'surveillance system'
Moneycontrol.com
Ethical hacker Elliot Alderson, who exposed flaws in the Aadhaar Android application, has warned against privacy issues of the Aarogya Setu app.

Seven arrested for running a fake call centre
Hindustan Times
The police recovered 25 desktops, 23 CPUs, keyboards, mouse, headphones, WiFi routers, cables, Aadhaar cards, passports, passbooks, ...

Pimpri Chinchwad: Apply online for permission to open shops selling non-essential goods
Times of India
The shopkeepers will have to attach documents of property tax payment receipt, aadhaar card. They will also have to give information of their ...

Want to own shares of Apple or Facebook? Investing in the US market is super easy!
Financial Express (Hindi)
Alternatively, a valid driver licence with address or Government-issued Photo ID with address such as Aadhaar card or passport will suffice. 3.

Not just you, even Supreme Court wants govts to consider home delivery of alcohol
Condé Nast Traveller India
And the purchase receipt needs to log the buyer's Aadhaar details. Further, the court has laid down time-slots for purchase, based on age. If you are ...

ICMR with India Post for delivery of COVID-19 testing kits to labs
The Northlines
India Post continues to send money to people's doorsteps through Aadhaar enabled Payment System.The delivery information is shared with the labs ...
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