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, May 11, 2020

14466 - 11TH MAY 2020 - DAILY DIGEST,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 11 May 2020

AePS surge shows cash is king again, for now
Financial Express
Average daily transactions via Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) surged to 11.3 million in April, making them an outlier. Share · Next. Cash is ...

5 reasons for rejection of EPF withdrawal claim and how to avoid it
Economic Times
If your UAN is not linked with Aadhaar, then your EPF withdrawal claim will be rejected. There are four ways to link your UAN or your EPF account with ...

Watch: How Arjun Deshpande impressed Ratan Tata with his pharma startup
Economic Times
MUMBAI: Ratan Tata, on Thursday, invested an undisclosed amount in pharmaceutical venture Generic Aadhaar. Founded by Arjun Deshpande, the ...

Home off bounds, family spends night in car
Telegraph India
According to the Aadhaar card, my home is in the Niladri Vihar area of Bhubaneswar where I used to stay earlier in a rented house. But now I have ...

Delhi's Food Scheme for the Poor is Better on Paper than on the Ground
The Wire
Some people don't have an Aadhaar number at all. Others have changed their phone numbers since they registered for Aadhaar and now their phone ...

1130 stranded guest workers leave to Odisha on first train from Chennai
Times of India
“The TTE also checked our Aadhaar cards and took down our names after we boarded the train,” he added. Though arrangements were made for ...

Telangana govt. develops app to identify farmers for loan waiving
The Hans India
... app with the collaboration of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to identify the farmers who took multiple loans based on their Aadhaar number.

Lockdown leads to resurgence of cash as digital payments decline
Livemint
A look at the digital payments data paints an abysmal picture as all but Aadhaar-enabled payments system (AePS) have seen volumes crash in April.

DBT: Rs 18.253 Crore Paid to 9.13 crore Farmers under PM-Kisan; Check Online, Offline ...
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
PM-Kisan: How to Edit Aadhaar Details. Many farmers who haven't received the PM Kisan money should check if they have filled in the details (Aadhaar ...

Opinion | Covid exposes the underbelly of migration story
Livemint
... just like Aadhaar-linked social services—in an India that is so networked, surely services can be taken to migrants instead of the other way round.

Chandigarh: Family slips out of hotspot to open shop, live in room
Times of India
When police checked their Aadhaar cards, they found their addresses to be of Bapu Dham. Residents questioned how they came out of a sealed area ...

Good News! Govt to Give Annual Pension of Rs. 12000 to Farmers; Application Procedure, Terms ...
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
The farmer must have bank or post office account, Aadhaar number, voter ID, documents of ownership of the land. Click here to get the application ...

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme ⁠— price, how to apply, rules and all you need to know about paper ...
Business Insider India
The investor needs any one of the following KYC documents to invest in SGB -Proof of identity (Aadhaar card/PAN or TAN/Passport/Voter ID card) ...

4.75 lakh e-tokens issued for liquor sale in Delhi
Times of India
The customer will have to give his name, residential address, details of a valid identity card such as Aadhaar and preferred date and time slot to ...

Uttarakhand police, medical teams closely monitor all border check-points
ANI News
My Aadhaar number and the number of the vehicle I was travelling in have been noted by officials." Another Dehradun resident Pradeep Belwal said ...

National Technology Day 2020: 10 events that led up to India's successful nuclear tests in Pokhran
Free Press Journal
Upload Aadhar card of Head of Family. 6. After your e-Coupon is generated, you will receive an SMS. 7. Download e-Coupon using the link included ...
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