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, October 5, 2017

12135 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 30th September 2017



The Hindu
Linking of Aadhaar numbers with various services continues to be a troubling task to the public. The latest being linking it with mobile phone numbers.






The Wire
Is the Aadhaar system as a method of unique identification better than what we had before? Will it curb corruption and fraud even if India's ...



Livemint
The government has made it mandatory that citizens must link their Aadhaar numbers to their mobile numbers and bank accounts. Photo: Indranil ...






Outlook India
New Delhi, Sep 28 Markets regulator Sebi has asked stock exchanges to submit a monthly progress report on collection of Aadhaar numbers by its ...






Times of India
AHMADABAD: The Gujarat University has made Aadhaar mandatory for applying annual degree convocation which is scheduled to be held in ...






Financial Express
The flagship project of the government to provide a unique identity number —Aadhaar—to every individual and linking it with various schemes is a ...






MediaNama.com
Jet Airways is printing Aadhaar numbers on boarding passes when passengers are a checking into flights. The issue was flagged on Twitter earlier ...






Indiatimes.com
The government is using all kinds of tactics like linking it with everything possible to make Aadhaar card mandatory, despite the court ruling against it.



Jagran Josh
The union government on 27 September 2017 extended the deadline for obtaining Aadhaar to avail benefits of government schemes and subsidies by ...






Times of India
PUNE: Each of the 14 ward offices in Pune and eight in Pimpri Chinchwad will have a permanent Aadhaar enrolment centre from October 1.






Hindustan Times
The state had procured as much as 25 lakh quintal tur by paying more than Rs1,200 crore at Rs5,050 a quintal as minimum support price (MSP) ...






Catch News
The Union government has asked the Ministries to take appropriate measures to issue Aadhaar numbers to women, children, senior citizens, divyang ...






The Tribune
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government has made it mandatory for farmers to quote their Aadhaar number in order to sell their agricultural produce at ...






The Shillong Times
NONGSTOIN: The Khasi Students Union (KSU) Nongstoin Circle has warned the MeECl division here not to force people to apply for Aadhaar card as ...








The Quint
16-year-old student, Suhail Ansari of Oxford High School, was hospitalised after he was allegedly beaten up by his school teacher for not possessing ...





Finance Minutes
Here, we are talking about no one other than Aadhaar Card-a mandatory piece of document that has been criticized and appraised at the same time.






Daily News & Analysis
In today's day and age, a good social media team is necessary for a brand – whether it's a government or a private operator – to do well. Social media ...






Telangana Today
According to Satya Nadella, “Aadhaar now has scaled to over one billion people, rivaling the growth of other platform innovations such as Windows, ...



Times of India
PUNE: The Maharashtra government will focus on Aadhaar registrations of newborns in a special campaign to inject some momentum into the ...






The Hindu
A woman, who responded to a phone call offering to link her bank account number with her Aadhaar number, has lost ₹30,000 from her account.






India.com
When the students in the school were asked if they have Aadhaar card, a boy jokingly said that Suhail has no Aadhar card. This angered the teacher ...








Firstpost
The minister also confirmed that discussions were held recently to link driving license with Aadhaar card in order contain issue of dual licenses.





Hindu Business Line
First came the missive that all taxpayers needed to link their Aadhaar numbers with their PAN before filing returns. Given that Aadhaar enrolment was ...






Kasmir Monitor
Given the slow pace of enrollment at the government centres, people are forced to bribe the private agents to get their Aadhaar cards, which are meant ...






The New Indian Express
While it is free to enrol for Aadhaar identity and updating of information — biometric or demographic — can be done at a nominal fee of Rs 25, many ...