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 13, 2018

12958 - aadhaar Articles Dated 12th March 2018



Economic Times
French security researcher Baptiste Robert, who recently exposed vulnerabilities in TSPost disbursement portal and BSNL database, has now claimed that he found 20,000 Aadhaar cards in pdf and jpeg formats available on websites of both government and non-government agencies across India.






Business Line
To link the Aadhaar card with different services, or not? That seems to be the question in the minds of many citizens as scam after scam tumbles out into public domain raising in the process questions on the operations of banks as well. The March 31 deadline is creeping upon us to link bank accounts, ...






News18
Election Commission justified the shift in its stand on the ground that the government has passed the Aadhaar Act, and Aadhaar can also help ensure ... Commission of India has filed an application in the Supreme Court, seeking that voter identification cards linking with Aadhaar be made mandatory.








News18
The Aadhaar-issuing body is of the view that the enrolment or updating activity carried out in each of these laggard branches must be at least 16 per day. PTI ... New Delhi: The UIDAI has flagged low Aadhaar enrolment and updating at nearly 2,500 out of over 7,000 bank branches that have started the ...



Business Standard
One could say it is like an Aadhaar (the citizen identification system) for hospitals — there's no scope for a fictitious hospital. How many hospitals are due for renewals currently and why are they not renewing their ROHINI subscriptions? Around 40 per cent of hospitals have renewed their subscriptions.






The Quint
The Election Commission has sought the mandatory linking of Aadhaar with voter IDs, in an application to the Supreme Court, The Indian Express reported on Sunday, 11 March. The poll panel had earlier said in the Apex court that linking Aadhaar to voter IDs was voluntary, but has now gone back on ...






Deccan Chronicle
Around 1,200 Aadhaar-enabled handheld biometric attendance devices are used by the staff to register their attendance. There are about 21,500 sanitation workers employed by the GHMC, including sweepers, entomology staff and health staff. Every worker must scan his fingerprints on a handheld ...






NDTV
Another development in NEET UG registration is that students no longer need Aadhaar number to register for the exam. The application process for the exam had begun on February 8, 2018. Apart from AIIMS MBBS and JIPMER MBBS, NEET UG is the only exam conducted for admission to MBBS and ...




BGR India
According to a recent directive from the government of India, it is mandatory for existing customers to verify their mobile number and link with Aadhaar. The deadline for the same is March 31, 2018, and if you haven't done it yet, the process has been simplified. Earlier, you were required to visit the retailer ...






India.com
New Delhi, Mar 12: The last date to link Aadhaar to mobile number is March 31. Therefore, it is high time you link your Aadhaar card to mobile number. If you have not linked your Aadhaar to mobile number yet, you can do so by following the steps required to link Unique Identification (UID) to SIM card ...






Web India 123
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, mooting the idea for unified electoral rolls for the Assembly/Lok Sabha and the local bodies -- has said that the voters list should be linked with Aadhaar. The announcement was made by CM here at the Gorakhsnath temple on Saturday night. Mr Yogi said ...






Newslaundry
I was baffled because she had an Aadhaar card and a voter ID card with the same address. A government notified slum doesn't have numbered houses. While checking the column for a chequebook, I did ask her if a postman visited her locality because banks deliver chequebooks via post to your house.






The Hindu
More than 300 persons enrolled for Aadhaar and PAN cards during the day-long camp. The health camp, which was also a part of the event, was a huge success, with more than 1,200 people availing free medical aid and services. Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal emphasised that the ...






Deccan Chronicle
These people have been staying in the area for more than three decades and a majority of them have Aadhaar cards with the same address. These people have been staying in the area for more than three decades and a majority of them have Aadhaar cards with the same address. (Representational ...






The Arunachal Times
GENSI, Mar 11: The office of the Deputy Director of School Education (DDSE), Lower Siang organized an awareness meeting on Aadhaar enrolment and ... They informed that the DDSE will shortly facilitate those students, who were left out during the last Aadhaar enrolment, for Aadhaar enrolment, ...






The Indian Express
Some other documents, including copies of Aadhaar cards, PAN cards and driving licenses, have also been found. A group of four-five persons, whose passports were found, were contacted by the police after which they reached Kalanwali. “We had given our passports to a Ludhiana-based immigration ...



The Hindu
An annoyed Supreme Court restrained the Kerala government from implementing certain guidelines, which include enrolment of CBSE students for Aadhaar, while ordering the State to cough up Rs. 1 lakh for chronically seeking adjournments to file an affidavit. The court had asked the State to file an ...






Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: The names of minors who are caught driving will now be included in the chargesheets filed by the traffic police. The minors will be prosecuted in a Juvenile Court, while their parents will be prosecuted in a Magistrate Court. The traffic police will enclose the Aadhaar details of the driver and ...






MediaNama.com
In December, the UIDAI suspended Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank from conducting Aadhaar-based verification of customers. This was due to complaints that the telecom company had used the Aadhaar-eKYC based SIM verification process to open payments bank accounts of its subscribers without ...






Daily Excelsior
... 2018, the State Government was requested by the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide requisite details such as the name and Aadhaar linked bank account numbers of at least 9000 out of total 36,384 displaced families of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (1947) and Chhamb (1967 and 1971) for ...






Outlook India
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has called a meeting of top officials of commerce and finance ministries tomorrow to discuss the issue of GST refunds as exporters claimed that their 70 per cent of refunds are still stuck even after eight months of roll out of the new tax regime. DCM3 BIZ-AADHAAR- ...






Livemint
Aadhaar makes it easy to verify eligibility and enrol. Maybe all you need is Aadhaar and no other forms or hassles to enrol. For this, Aadhaar should be made readily available to demographics where it does not exist. This would require continuous and active collaboration between ministry of health and ...






TeleAnalysis
As mobile numbers have become mandatory to be linked to Aadhaar to complete a financial transaction these days, unable to have a working mobile number hampers the banking transaction for customers. Most of the old Aircel customers have linked their numbers with Aadhaar and their respective ...