AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14493 - 12TH JUNE 2020- AADHAAR DAILY DIGEST,

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, June 13, 2020

14493 - 12TH JUNE 2020- AADHAAR DAILY DIGEST,

Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 12 June 2020

After death, Aadhaar may get digital burial
Times of India
HYDERABAD: People die but their 12-digit Aadhaar number remains active, giving scope for misuse. Now, the Unique Identification Authority of India ...

Deaths to be linked to Aadhaar
Times of India
As of now, deaths do not get updated in Aadhaar database as there is no linkage between the death registry of the Registrar General of India and ...

Jio Platforms tests single sign-in system with Aadhar linking - could this spell trouble?
Techradar
What makes the Jio Secure ID unique is that it is also working Aadhaar authentication into the process. While Google has for long had a single sign-in ...

DON'T TAKE CURSES OF WOMEN AND RELEASE THEIR GRIHA AADHAR FUNDS OR ELSE ...
Oherald
DON'T TAKE CURSES OF WOMEN AND RELEASE THEIR GRIHA AADHAR FUNDS OR ELSE FACE AGITATION SAYS CONGRESS ...

India: Instant E-PAN And Facelift Of Form 26AS
Mondaq News Alerts
Instant PAN through Aadhaar based e-KYC. The Finance Minister in her 2020 Budget speech indicated about allotment of instant PAN based on ...

Algorithmic Accountability in India: Issues with AI-based systems and how to challenge them in court
MediaNama.com
They were essentially comparing the address on the Aadhaar card and the address on the voter ID, which we know could often be different since ...
MSME council appeals to small scale industries to submit application for waiver of power fixed ...
Knn India
... Engineer of CESC along with UDYOG AADHAAR Memorandum obtained before 08-05- 2020 with a copy of electricity bill,'' the statement added.

Creating Jobs, Synergy Between Growth & Self-Reliance Key: Gadkari
The Quint
... centralised, Aadhaar-linked digital platform, MISHRII (MSME Information System for Holistic and Real-time Identification, Incentives and Support), ...

COVID crisis an opportunity, time for bold decisions and investment: Modi
Devdiscourse
Initiatives such as Jandhan accounts and Aadhaar have made it possible to reach necessary support to millions of people without leakage.Referring to ...

SMAM Scheme: Farmers Can Get 50 - 80% Subsidy on Agricultural Implements; Direct Link to ...
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
Aadhaar Card - to identify the beneficiary. 2. Passport size photo of the farmer. 3. Right to land (ROR) to record while adding land details. 4. A ...

UMANG Mobile App: What is it, how to download and what government services does it provide?
Jagran Josh
5- The app also provides its users with the key integration services such as Digilocker, Aadhaar, PayGov (will be available soon) etc. 6- The app can ...

Doctor-patient ratio awful, say Gandhi hospital medicos
The New Indian Express
Although the person who contracted the virus does not live in Warangal, his Aadhaar card identified him as a resident of Upparapalli village at ...

Coronavirus pandemic | Digital payments fall up to 68% in April
Moneycontrol.com
The only transaction mode that showed a jump is Aadhaar-based payments run by NPCI to process direct benefit transfers. These transactions jumped ...

Need centralised digital platform for database of MSMEs: Report
Newsd.in
... workers to the national output, and seed details such as occupation, days of employment and monthly income into their Aadhaar-linked profiles.

Coronavirus impact: Cash withdrawal from ATMs falls nearly 50% in April
Business Today
The number of transactions at micro ATMs using the Aadhaar-enabled payment system more than doubled to 875.54 lakh in April from 344.98 lakh.

Ancient shrine's portals thrown open for all devotees
Yahoo India News
... equipment (PPE) suits regulated the face mask clad-devotees who were subjected to thermal screening and whose Aadhaar cards were checked.

Right to Privacy
Legal Desire News Network (press release) (blog)
constitutionality of Aadhaar, and; various case laws pertaining to privacy. We have discussed about the international environment, the Indian ...