This presentation asks 7 key questions to demystify the magic of Aadhaar: # Is Aadhaar a unique ID? # Who certifies the identity, age, address, resident status, or even existence of persons assigned a Aadhaar number? What documents were used to issue Aadhaar numbers? # Who audited and verified the Aadhaar? # What is the location address of enrolment operators submitting enrolment packets to be assigned Aadhaar numbers? # Does Aadhaar identify anyone? # Whose purpose does Aadhaar serve? The presentation lists the key implications of the responses of the UIDAI to these questions under the Right to Information Act.

1. INDIA’S UNIQUE IDENTITY
NUMBER: AADHAAR
The Game Changer
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2. AADHAAR IS NOT UNIQUE
UIDAI Says Your Biometric Cannot Retrieve a Unique Record
SOURCE: RESPONSES FROM THE UIDAI TO QUESTIONS ASKED UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT
This Implies It Cannot De-Duplicate Or Clean Any Database
It Cannot Guarantee Money Transfers to Unique Real Individuals
It Cannot Save Any Money
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3. AADHAAR NOT CERTIFIED
UIDAI Says It Doesn’t Certify Identity, Address Or Anything
SOURCE: RESPONSES FROM THE UIDAI TO QUESTIONS ASKED UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT
This Implies It Cannot Guarantee Any Information
This Implies That It Masquerades As A Proof Of Identity That It Isn’t
It Also Means No One Is Responsible For Crimes Propagated By Relying On Aadhaar
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4. AADHAAR BASIS NOT KNOWN
UIDAI Says It Has No Information About Documents Used To Issue Aadhaar
SOURCE: RESPONSES FROM THE UIDAI TO QUESTIONS ASKED UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT
This Implies Aadhaar May Have Been Issued Without Documents Or With Invalid Documents
Use of Aadhaar To Issue Other IDs Destroys The Ability To Distinguish Genuine And Fake Individuals
UIDAI Hasn’t Verified Any Documents r Anyone
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5. AADHAAR HAS NEVER BEEN
AUDITED
UIDAI Says The Database Hasn’t Ever Been Audited, Verified
SOURCE: RESPONSES FROM THE UIDAI TO QUESTIONS ASKED UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT
This Implies Aadhaar Is Not Free From Ghosts, Duplicates
Aadhaar Does Not Provide Any Advantage Over Any Existing ID
Use Of This Database Is No Different From Making Up A Fake Database
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6. ENROLMENT OPERATORS
LOCATION PRIVATE
UIDAI Says It Cant Reveal Enrolment Operators Location
SOURCE: RESPONSES FROM THE UIDAI TO QUESTIONS ASKED UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT
Only 20 Registrars Hiring Enrolment Agencies Allotted 1 Billion Numbers
Together They Do Not Have Geographical Presence in 600,000 Villages, 5,000 Towns Across India
If Enrolment Operators Location is Private, It Casts Doubts on Enrolment Process, Outreach
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7. USE OF AADHAAR IS NOT
IDENTIFICATION
UIDAI Doesn’t Identify Anyone, It Never Can
SOURCE: RESPONSES FROM THE UIDAI TO QUESTIONS ASKED UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT AND THE AADHAAR ACT 2016
This Implies It Cannot Be Used To Identify Anyone
It Cannot Be Used As Proof Of Anything
It Masquerades As An Identity That It Is Not
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8. WHOSE PURPOSE DOES IT
SERVE?
How Can Its Continued Use Serve National Or Public Interest?
It Destroys Our Ability To Govern, It Destroys Our Financial Databases, It Destroys Our National Security
It Destroys Databases That Protect Democracy And Our Sovereign Republic
It Destroys Ability to Seek Justice, Dignity, Equality And Liberty
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