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 20, 2020

14501 - 20TH JUNE 2020 - AADHAAR DAILY UPDATES,


Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 20 June 2020

PAN card in 10 minutes: Full list of Aadhaar card holders who can't avail this service
Zee Business
She had launched the facility of instant Permanent Account Number using Aadhaar number-based e-KYC. The facility is now available for all those ...

Jan Dhan Yojana: You won't get Rs 5000 overdraft facility if your PMJDY account is not attached to ...
Zee Business
According to tax and investment experts, if a PMJDY account holder hasn't attached Jan Dhan Khata with Aadhaar card, then the overdraft facility will ...

Many ration seekers return empty handed despite registering through e-mitra
Times of India
I also have my Jan Aadhar card. The BLO sitting at the fair price shop doesn't talk to us properly.” Bishadu Roy, who works as a carpenter in ...

Andhra Pradesh-Telangana buses to be back soon, 256 services in Phase-I
The New Indian Express
Passengers will have to carry their Aadhaar," he said. Once people book tickets online, their details will be sent to the revenue, police and health ...

India Post comes to aid of Odisha woman with doorstep cash withdrawal facility
The New Indian Express
... cash at her doorstep using Aadhaar Enabled Payment System. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter to inform about the development.

Provide free rice, pulses for 3 months: Minister
The New Indian Express
... the progress for implementation of One Nation One Card Scheme, the minister said 99.72 per cent of PDS beneficiaries has been Aadhaar seeded.

'New India' would not let China commit any aggression: Harsimrat Badal
Business Insider India
... by opening a bank account. Now she can withdraw cash at her doorstep using Aadhaar Enabled Payment System," Prasad tweeted. Advertisement ...

ePoS at ration shops can spread virus: Uguem locals
Times of India
... there is a growing demand to discontinue the biometric electronic point of sale (ePoS) system for Aadhaar verification while availing rations from fair ...

How a fintech startup is helping rural India avail banking services amid the pandemic
The News Minute
... a bank-led model which allows online interoperable transactions at PoS (Micro ATM) through the banking agents using the Aadhaar authentication.

India Post Payments Bank Comes To Rescue Of Centenarian Woman's Cash Withdrawal Woes
Ommcom News
Now she can withdraw cash at her doorstep using Aadhaar Enabled Payment System.” Had learnt from media about difficulty faced by a very old lady ...

NITES evolves support system for distressed IT industry employees
Pune Mirror
Aadhar Abhiyan offers counselling , legal recourse and job leads to techies shown the door or handed a pay cut since April It has been a bloodbath ...

Free testing at Nature Cure; Govt Ayurvedic Medical College
The Siasat Daily
The tests are done between 9 am to 5pm. All those who come for are asked to get their Aadhaar cards. The reports are given after 24 hours. Related ...

Online transactions dip massively due to lockdown
Economic Times
Aadhaar based payments rose on the other hand as the government transferred cash into the Jan Dhan accounts of poor under the PM Garib Kalyan ...

COVID-19 and Digital Futures: Is India Prepared to Build an Inclusive Way Forward?
Economic and Political Weekly
This was done by means of linking recipients biometric information through Aadhaar and PAN to public welfare schemes. But, as several studies have ...

Madhya Pradesh: Bail denied to honeytrap accused
Times of India
... they named him as the person, who helped them prepare a fake Aadhaar Card, but police were unable to recover anything related to it, said Gurjar.

Nagaland: Schools directed to ensure safe online learning
Morung Express
Further, the notice said that it is been reported that few schools are sharing personal information of students such as Aadhaar number in school ...

Right to Life Can't be Taken Away Due to Lockdown, Judgment During Emergency Retrograde ...
News18
It added the ADM Jabalpur was formally overruled by a seven-judge bench in the 2017 Aadhaar case by giving precedence to life, liberty and freedom ...
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