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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

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

14584 - News Dated 30th March 2021,

Aadhaar
Daily update ⋅ 30 March 2021

PAN-Aadhaar linking: Here's how to link your PAN with Aadhar online
The Indian Express
Additionally, they may also be liable to pay a penalty of up to Rs 1,000. The deadline for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) to Aadhaar is just a ...

Aadhaar PAN Link: Waiting for 31st March deadline extension? MUST check this amendment in ...
Zee Business
Aadhaar PAN Link: Deadline for PAN Aadhaar Link is 31st March 2021 and like previous occasions, people have presumed that there will be ...

India's Supreme Court demands answers on Aadhaar biometrics and canceled rations cards
Biometric Update
India's government has been criticized for the denial of food rations following a failure to link ration cards to individual's biometric Aadhaar accounts, ...

Centre to Launch Unique ID Number for All Plots of Land by 2022: Report
The Wire
The land records database will then reportedly be integrated with revenue court records and bank records, as well as Aadhaar numbers on a voluntary ...

Aadhaar For Land: Union Govt Plans To Issue Unique ID To Every Land Parcel In Country Within A ... - Swarajya

New rules 2021: DEADLINE to complete these tasks ends tomorrow—Fix it now
Zee Business
From PAN-Aadhaar linking, revised ITR filing to LTC bill submission, there are 9 tasks that need your immediate attention. Let's look at them one by ...

Get your PAN card linked by Aadhar card by 31 March, otherwise you will have to repent
NewsTree News
If you have created a new PAN card, then within 25 days, make sure to link to Aadhaar (PAN Aadhaar). If you did not do this, then your PAN card will ...

Don't open camps for those crossing Myanmar border, Manipur tells officials
The Hindu
“Aadhaar enrolment should be stopped immediately and Aadhaar enrolment kits taken into safe custody.” A report on action taken may kindly be ...

Manipur orders bar on Myanmarese entering India - Daijiworld.com

Hackers allege data of 3.5 million MobiKwik users up for sale on dark web; company junks claims
Business Today
All the details, including Aadhaar, KYC, and address, were visible to ... soft copy(PAN, Aadhar etc) allegedly leaked from a company's Server in India.

3.5 million MobiKwik users' data up for sale, company denies claim
Business Standard
... 8.2 terabytes (TB) of data, including know-you-customer (KYC) details, addresses, phone numbers, Aadhaar card data of its users on the dark web.

Data of 10 crore MobiKwik users on sale on darknet? Elliot Anderson backs researcher's claim ... - Deccan Herald

Allegations of attack on nuns in UP baseless, says Union minister Piyush Goyal
Scroll.in
The men also forced the postulants to show their Aadhaar cards and other identity proof. When one of the postulants told them that she was born a ...