Aadhaar (Amendment) Bill

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When will EC declare election? Because this Government keeps on bringing ordinances after ordinances.
 
If elections are in May - I believe timeline shud have 2 months of preparation as its nationwide elections.

But then not sure whats the actual procedure and due date for declaration
 
The Aadhaar ordinance raises serious constitutional concerns
There are two serious problems with these amendments. The first is enacting them through an ordinance. These amendments were originally drafted as part of a bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in December. The bill, however, was not passed by the Rajya Sabha. Consequently, it lapsed with the end of the parliamentary session. The ordinance, therefore, is an attempt to achieve by executive fiat what the government could not achieve through the ordinary legislative route — i.e., through Parliament.
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The majority party has bypassed the Rajya Sabha twice for the same reason. Clearly not following democratic process and undermining democracy.
Ordinances, therefore, are tools to be used in cases of emergencies, when the Parliament is not sitting, but urgent action needs to be taken (for example, in dealing with an armed conflict or a natural calamity). Ordinances are not meant for a situation in which, having been unable to get what it wants through Parliament, the government nonetheless rams it through by a presidential decree.
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The Aadhaar amendments are also worrying because they attempt to directly overturn the Supreme Court’s September 2018 judgment on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. In that judgment, the Supreme Court was clear that the use of the Aadhaar database by private parties enabled commercial surveillance, and was therefore unconstitutional.
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Would the President go along with the unconstitutional ordinance and allow that which was struck down as unconstitutional by the SC unanimously? And thereby set a precedent for such shenanigans in the future. This is no the only case of Rjya Sabha bypassing for Aadhaar's sake.
Amending PMLA through Finance Acts "cloak" to bypass Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh moves Delhi HC
Congress Leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Jairam Ramesh has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) through Finance Acts of 2015, 2016 and 2018.

The amendments were brought via Sections 145 to 151 of the Finance Act 2015, Section 232 of the Finance Act 2016 and Section 208 of the Finance Act 2018.

Jairam Ramesh has asserted that amendments are in violation of Article 110 (1) of the Constitution of India as they have absolutely no nexus to money bill provisions.
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Since the amendments do not qualify as money bill in terms of Article 110 (1), portions of the Finance Act which incorporate them, are unconstitutional, he argued. He also relied upon the Supreme Court’s Aadhaar judgement to argue that provisions of Finance Act are subject to judicial review.
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Ordinance allows voluntary use of Aadhaar for e-KYC - Business Line

While the RBI has extended the deadline three times, it is unlikely that it will do so again.

“Now we can at least put our foot soldiers back on the field with Aadhaar biometric machines. This is faster and easy and does not require much time,” said a spokesperson with a leading wallet player.

According to sources, a massive lobby from companies such as Reliance Jio, Paytm, and others, forced the government to pass this ordinance before the general elections, which is due before May.

Ramaswamy Venkatachalam, Managing Director – India, FIS, a fintech solutions provider, said: “The use of Aadhaar e-KYC will also reduce the cost of identifying people, provide increased transparency to the government in implementation of its schemes, and be an additional layer of security.”
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President gives nod to ordinance that allows Aadhaar as valid ID proof in certain cases
The amendments make it clear that anyone not offering Aadhaar cannot be denied any service, be it opening of a bank account or obtaining a mobile phone SIM card.
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Every requesting entity to whom an authentication request is made will have to inform the Aadhaar number holder of alternate and viable means of identification and will not deny any service to them for refusing to, or being unable to undergo authentication.
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Unauthorised use of identity information by a requesting entity or offline verification seeking entity would be punishable with imprisonment of up to three years with a fine that may extend to Rs 10,000 or in case of a company with a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh.
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Voluntarily mandatory. MOBIKWIK kyc people were already not accepting non aadhaar documents. Now harassment would expand.
 
So, basically, if my bank asks for the Adhaar, I can deny them now?
 
Unauthorised use of identity information
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they really should have established fines for:
  • asking aadhaar as a mandatory document where it is optional
  • refusal of service because aadhaar verification was not doable because of whatsoever reasons.
 
^^^
exactly I was looking for fine for above 2 things.

Guess what - some event management company was asking Aadhar card as identity proof for all the guests!

Ofcourse there was another option but I thought asking for Aadhar by any random company was illegal.
 
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Just a pro tip. There are many fake adhaar card creator apps available. you can put your original photo, correct.fake address and then put random adhaar numbers on it and take a printout. Use this at places like apartment entrances where they demand adhaar.
 

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