Updates
Press Release: Aadhaar's "Compelled free consent" is a contradiction in terms
Press Release: The Constitution is not a Charter of Servitude, argues advocate Shyam Divan
Press Release: Linking of Aadhaar to PAN stands on weak legal grounds
सर्वोच्च न्यायालय द्वारा आधार पर अब तक दिए गए आदेशों के अंश
Poorest Adivasi in Chhattisgarh cannot get pensions after Aadhaar glitches
Due to failure of recognition by machine, 7 pensioners didn’t get their pension after introduction of biometric machine in Kardana village of Chhattisgarh. One of those pensioners has died since then.
Why the Government is wrong to claim it is legal to force citizens to link Aadhaar to PAN
Extracts from Supreme Court Orders on Aadhaar
In Rajya Sabha: "What sterilisation was to the Emergency, Aadhaar seeding is becoming to your Government"
During a heated short duration discussion on the Aadhaar project in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, MPs attacked the notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for essential services. Opposition MPs raised the issue of the violation of the Supreme Court’s orders and exclusions due to Aadhaar in many welfare programmes
"Aadhaar Nahi, Aahaar Do" Satyagrah, from April 9
Legal: Did SC allow Aadhaar in Income Tax, PAN? No.
Parliament update: Issues raised by MPs on Aadhaar
Protest Against making Aadhaar compulsory in Mid Day Meal
How the push for Aadhaar and Cashless enhances surveillance
The National Democratic Alliance has stated that the decision to withdraw Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes is aimed to make India a “cashless economy”.
Aadhaar, is being presented as a crucial tool in the hands of the government and financial institutions to enforce a transition to digital payments and new opportunities built on “digital footprints” of individuals.
Aadhaar: An Assault on Welfare, Privacy and Democracy
The Aadhaar project, to provide a unique number to all residents in India, was packaged as a welfare-enabling programme. It was sold as an initiative for greater inclusiveness in welfare, a tool against corruption, greater efficiency and so on. Six years down the line, there is mounting evidence of the destruction of welfare programmes due to Aadhaar-linkage. Moreover, the Aadhaar project has a sinister side to it – it is a surveillance-enabling programme, which threatens privacy and democratic practice. People have been lulled into believing that privacy is the price we have to pay for better implementation of welfare programmes. In fact, the Aadhaar project is endangering both – welfare as well as privacy.