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, August 15, 2017

11773 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 14th August 2017



Over 9.3 crore PANs linked with Aadhaar
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: More than 9.3 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) have been linked with Aadhaar, a senior Income Tax Department officer said
Deadline to link Aadhaar number with PAN extended to August 31 - Scroll.in
What to do if you have multiple PAN cards? - Livemint


Aadhaar no panacea
Business Standard
His apprehensions about the Aadhaar data getting hacked in the absence of safeguards against the backdrop of the lack of data security and privacy ...





Twisting rules, pvt centres still issue Aadhaar cards
Times of India
NOIDA: A month after TOI reported how applicants were unable to get Aadhaar cards made/updated in Noida, operators and agencies involved have ...





'Aadhaar linking ended duplicity of beneficiaries'
Greater Kashmir
She also said that programmes and policies of state as well as central government must be brought into the notice of commoners so that they reach ...





Cons use Aadhaar ruse to clean bank Accounts
The New Indian Express
Dilip Kumar told Ramachandra that his debit card had been deactivated for not linking the Aadhaar number. On the pretext of helping him with the task ...





Warangal: Aadhaar card must to purchase jaggery
Deccan Chronicle
Aadhaar card is the latest weapon that the department unleashed to keep a tab on illicit liquor breweries. Those wanting to buy jaggery must produce ...





QBiz: Over 9 Crore PANs Linked to Aadhaar; IOC Buys US Crude Oil
The Quint
More than 9.3 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) have been linked with Aadhaar, a senior Income Tax Department officer said. Of the total ...
9.3 PAN cards linked with Aadhaar: Last date August 31; here's how to do it - News Nation


Sunday Evening News Brief, August 13
Times of India (blog)
Of the total PAN-Aadhaar seeding, which is nearly 30 per cent of about 30 crore PAN card holders, about three crore linkages were done in June and ...





Business Briefs
The Telegraph
13: More than 9.3 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) have been linked with Aadhaar. Of the total PAN-Aadhaar seeding, which is nearly 30 per ...





Brewing curbed to a large extent
Deccan Chronicle
Traders have been asked to record people's Aadhaar card numbers before selling jaggery to them. In Karepalli, it is suspected that arrack continues to ...





Now, farmers need just a thumb print to buy farm inputs
Times of India
Most of the farmers have registered with the online agriculture portal and their Aadhaar cards are also linked with their bank accounts. The POS is ...





Special camps for biometric verification from August 16
The Hitavada
Special camps will be organised in all urban units of the district to intensify Aadhaar seeding. District Collector O P Choudhary asked the officials to ...





Helpline for vishing victims gets around 20 calls a day in Mumbai
The Indian Express
“After people were asked to link their Aadhaar number to their PAN recently, the accused, pretending to be calling from their banks, would call people, ...





Man loses Rs 25000 after fraudulent phone call in Mumbai
The Indian Express
The caller then told Sahu that according to the latest rules, he would need Sahu's PAN and Aadhaar card details to link them. Not suspecting anything ...





'Expedite removal of lily pads'
Greater Kashmir
The V-C exhorted upon the labours to provide their bank account numbers, Aadhaar card details and other required documents to the Authority, ...





Rise in cyber crime jolts centre into action
Livemint
... smart phones, unified payment interface, SIM cards, wireless access routers and Aadhaar-enabled payment systems, the home ministry stated that it ...





Naveen's journey from child labour to young inventor
Down To Earth Magazine (press release) (registration) (blog)
... while the team from PORD helped them get ration cards and Aadhaar cards so that they could access government schemes like PDS to help ease ...





Indore: Now, receive and share ICSE mark sheets, important documents online
Free Press Journal
An Indian citizen, who sign up for a DigiLocker account get a dedicated cloud storage space that is linked with their Aadhaar (UIDAI) number.





Varsity will have to fund education of J&K students
Times of India
In 2014, the scheme was linked to Aadhaar and only tuition fees gets credited to the institutes' account while the rest of the scholarship money meant ...





Arvind Kejriwal government has to do more to make officials accountable; here why
Financial Express
Availing of the consolidation opportunity an Aadhaar-linked DigiLocker would offer—potentially all documents at one place—makes eminent sense.





BIE bags 'Best Digital Initiative' award
Telangana Today
The award was given in recognition of the digital initiatives taken by the Board including granting online affiliations, Aadhaar based payments for spot ...
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