I believe Aadhar related case in Supreme Court was
filed by 21 petitioners
They wanted Aadhar ID scheme to be declared unconstitutional
and struck down altogether
Hon ( ex ) CJI , Shri Dipak Misraji did not think
Aadhar ID, by itself was unconstitutional
But he said , it could be used only for providing
certain government “ services “ where direct transfer of money was a major
factor
SC ruled that private service providers ( eg : Banks
and Mobile Service Providers ) cannot ask for Aadhar ID for KYC ( Know Your
Customer ) . They will need to use,
# Either some offline
paper based documents ( Passport – Ration Card etc ) , or
# Some modified
“ online “ process which does not require to reveal Aadhar Number
I call this ( directive ) , a victory of the rich and vocal “ majority “ of 21 PERSONS , over a poor
and silent “ minority “ of 50 CRORE mobile
phone users !
I suspect that the rest of the World is thinking :
“ Ah , these Indians
!
They have mastered the art of making things COMPLEX ,
out of matters SIMPLE “
HERE
ARE PROOFS :
To summarize :
·
Hide Aadhar Number / Date of Birth / Biometrics
But provide :
·
Name / Address / Photo
Process :
·
Log into UIDAI web site
·
Download your “ Masked
Aadhar ID “ [ click to find ZERO results ! ]
·
Submit it to your Mobile service Provider
COAI has
sent a letter to telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan
, saying :
“……a return to paper-based process should
not be an option as it would reverse the steps taken by the industry towards
Digital India and result in wastage of infrastructure and investment “
So , what does COAI suggest as alternatives ?
·
Entering various fields in the
customer acquisition form electronically
on the operator’s app
·
Capturing GPS coordinates while capturing the customer’s live photo at the point of sale of the mobile connection
·
Watermarking the photo , and
·
Assigning a unique operator
code so that the photo cannot be copied or re-used.
In the meantime , Shri
Manoj Sinha says :
“
The government will fully respect the SC order and, within the legal purview,
the government will also take care of consumers ”
Dear Shri sinhaji,
I
do hope your directive to the TELCOs will be such that :
·
It will enable the TELCOs to continue to
offer their services , not only to the NEW users , but also to the CURRENT ( 50
Crore ) users, without any
interruption
·
It will spare the users ( current + new ) ,
the AGONY
of going through the alternatives proposed by UIDAI and COAI ( be ready for ONE
YEAR disruption ! )
Even the Supreme Court would be happy to accept your interpretation ( of its order ) that a user
has every right to give his Aadhar ID to ANYONE , as long as it is VOLUNTARILY given !
No one need question the user’s motive ( simplifying
life ), as long as he sends to his Service Provider , a SMS / E Mail , as per
draft provided in :
Additional Input :
Why
not an “ Option Plan “ for users ?
As in case of my earlier emails , this blog too is being sent to :
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In addition , this time , I am also sending this email to the following
:
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PM’s Economic Advisory Council :
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Some others :
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Trade Advisory Group :
Surjit
Bhalla………………………………….. ssbhalla@gmail.com
S
Jaishankar………………………………… psfs@mea.gov.in
Rajeev
Kher……………………………….. Rajeev.kher@ris.org.in
Sanjeev
Sanyal……………………… Sanjeev@sanjeevsanyal.com / contact@idfcinstitute.org
Shekhar
Shah……………………………. ashah@ncaer.org
Vijay
Chauthaiwale……………………. { Not sending since requested to opt out
}
Pulak
Ghosh……………………………….. Pulak.ghosh@iimb.ac.in
Jayant
Dasgupta………………………… ictsd@ictsd.ch / amb-indiawto@nic.in
Rajiv K
Luthra……………………………… rajiv@luthra.com
Chandrajit
Banerjee…………………… cb@cii.in
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Oct 2018
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