AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 14524 - 15TH JULY 2020

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, July 16, 2020

14524 - 15TH JULY 2020 - AADHAAR DAILY DIGEST,

Aadhaar,
Daily update ⋅ 15 July 2020

Delhi University Knew Privacy Breach Put Student Bank Account And Aadhaar Details At Risk
HuffPost India
Information gleaned from the admit-card breach can be further used to dig out even more sensitive information like Aadhaar card and bank details, a ...t

Alert for Aadhaar card holders! UIDAI makes big changes in Aadhaar update; check details here
Kalinga TV
New Delhi. This news is important news for Aadhar card holders, who want to update their Aadhaar. Necessary changes have been made in the ...

Want PAN card? That too instant? Here is how you can apply for it online - Check the step-by-step ...
Zee Business
This facility is now available for those PAN applicants who possess a valid Aadhaar number and have a mobile number registered with Aadhaar.

CM informed on irregular or no payments to DSSS Girha Aadhar beneficiaries
Oherald
Reginaldo said several women and senior citizens, who are beneficiaries of Griha Aadhar and Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS) from ...

IT Department asks taxpayers to verify ITRs for AYs 2015-16 to 2019-20 by September 30
The New Indian Express
A taxpayer filing Income Tax Returns electronically without digital signature has to verify it using either Aadhaar one-time password.

RRR demands Jagan govt to rescue construction workers
Telugu360
The government should immediately link the rest of the construction workers to Aadhar,” he said. Further, Raju pointed out that the Andhra Pradesh ...

'Who Will Give Us Jobs?': Delhi's Sex Workers Hit Hard By COVID-19
The Quint
The moment they see our Aadhaar card, people say you are from 'there' ('red light' area). We can't show our Aadhaar card anywhere. Even when we go ...

Jamshedpur youth strangulated, body found hanging from tree
Avenue Mail
When the police reached the spot, checked the pocket of the deceased, then the Aadhaar card came out of it. MGM police station in-charge said that ...

Covid-19 Free treatment in the all medical college hospitals in DK: Minister
United News of India
Patients can show their Aadhaar card at the hospital and get free treatment. Provision of free treatment for COVID-19 patients at Wenlock hospital will ...

Just 1% of Transpersons and Sex Workers Receive Government Relief So Far
The Citizen
“It is necessary to have an Aadhar card to receive the bank payments of Rs.1,500 to each transgender/ sex worker. But why should we give our ...

UT bans all types of gatherings
Times of India
He also advised them to check Aadhaar addresses, so that the location of the patients could be noted. He sought the views of doctors regarding further ...

inVOID sales increase 250% during April-June quarter
Economic Times
An RBI-committee had recommended using video-KYC to replace the current KYC and Aadhaar KYC norms. “While, the banking regulator RBI had ...

How A 'Car Theft' Call Led To Busting Of Vehicle Loan Racket
Ommcom News
The police have also recovered one printing machine used to create fake IDs, many plastic cards to make forged Aadhaar card, PAN card, voter ID ...