UPA plays up Aadhaar, DBT, welfare legislations as key achievements
11 years, 7 months ago

UPA plays up Aadhaar, DBT, welfare legislations as key achievements

The Hindu  

The United Progressive Alliance is set to sell three inter-connected initiatives — the creation and provision of Aadhaar identity cards, the Direct Benefits Transfer scheme, and a slew of rights-based legislations — as its key achievements in the run-up to the 2014 elections. Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Manish Tewari, who launched the campaign, said on the basis of experiences of his constituency, Ludhiana, he could claim there was a ‘groundswell of demand for Aadhaar’. The campaign then showcases the Food Security Bill, and the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill as legislations which would touch upon ‘fundamental issues’ of people’s lives. But when questioned that these had not yet been ratified by Parliament, Mr. Tewari said his ministry’s role was to put ‘policies and programmes’ of the government in ‘public space’.

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DC Edit | Ensure Citizens’ Data Protected
1 week, 2 days ago

DC Edit | Ensure Citizens’ Data Protected

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the Election Commission of India to discuss the possibility of linking elector photo identity card to Aadhaar number of all the voters with the Union government is to be welcomed as it forms part of the poll body’s efforts to make the election process foolproof. The need to come up with a better system to maintain the …

Private companies can use Aadhaar infrastructure for identity checks again
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Private companies can use Aadhaar infrastructure for identity checks again

Live Mint  

As the Aadhaar case was reaching the Supreme Court, the Unique Identity Authority of India began to restrict private access to its authentication infrastructure. A new amendment to Aadhaar authentication rules could finally allow us to leverage our identity infrastructure to better unlock greater efficiencies in digital services. In fact, it is Section 8 that deals with authentication, and since …

UIDAI notifies rules for private entities to perform Aadhaar authentication
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UIDAI notifies rules for private entities to perform Aadhaar authentication

The Hindu  

The Unique Identification Authority of India on Friday outlined a process for private entities to gain access to Aadhaar authentication: namely, the firms will have to refer their use case to a Union or State government Ministry or department, which will then have to refer the proposal to the UIDAI. “The Ministry or the Department of the Government of India …

​No panacea: On benefits, politics and welfare
3 months ago

​No panacea: On benefits, politics and welfare

The Hindu  

Ever since the use of direct cash transfers to eligible beneficiaries as a welfare measure gained prominence following the Congress party’s ploy of announcing “election guarantees”, other parties and ruling governments have sought to adopt this as a way of retaining their support among constituents. The ‘Ladki Bahin’ and ‘Ladli Behna’ schemes in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have been seen …

Govt recovers ₹335 crore availed of fraudulently under PM Kisan, Lok Sabha told
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt recovers ₹335 crore availed of fraudulently under PM Kisan, Lok Sabha told

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The government has recovered a total of ₹335 crore from non-farmers and ineligible farmers, who availed cash benefits under the PM-Kisan programme after a largescale vetting of beneficiary data, Parliament was told on Wednesday. Proceeding of the Lok Sabha is underway during the Winter Session of Parliament on Thursday Under PM-KISAN, the government provides income support of ₹6,000 …

AP to extend Whatsapp governance from March end: Lokesh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

AP to extend Whatsapp governance from March end: Lokesh

Deccan Chronicle  

The Andhra Pradesh government is working towards extending comprehensive Whatsapp governance to the people of the state by March end.IT minister Nara Lokesh said this on Friday during a review of Real Time Governance Society by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.The IT Minister observed that 100 services will be available by the end of November and in another 90, days …

Centre ‘deactivating’ Aadhaar cards to stop people from getting social benefits: Mamata
1 year, 1 month ago

Centre ‘deactivating’ Aadhaar cards to stop people from getting social benefits: Mamata

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on February 18 alleged that the BJP-led Central Government "deactivated" Aadhaar cards of people in the State before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections so that they do not get the benefits of various social welfare schemes of her government through their bank accounts. Speaking at a public distribution programme in Suri in Birbhum district, …

Identity pangs: The Hindu Editorial on Aadhaar and concerns
1 year, 5 months ago

Identity pangs: The Hindu Editorial on Aadhaar and concerns

The Hindu  

In an innocuously titled report on “Decentralized Finance and Digital Assets” released last Saturday, global rating major Moody’s Investors Service has flagged some uncomfortable home truths about India’s ambitious digital identification programme for residents, Aadhaar. But at a broader level, the agency has red-flagged security and privacy risks from “centralised” digital ID systems such as Aadhaar, where a single entity …

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful
1 year, 5 months ago

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful

Live Mint  

Given how widely Aadhaar has been hailed as a success in biometric identification to enable policy action, the Moody’s critique of it caught many by surprise. It said the credit rating agency had made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar without citing any empirical evidence and had ignored facts about its identity verification options in suggesting that service failures were resulting in …

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky
1 year, 10 months ago

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark 4-1 verdict in 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, but struck down section 57, which allowed the use of Aadhaar authentication and E-KYC by private companies to establish an identity for delivering services. Explaining its ruling, the top court said that the section struck at the heart of an individual’s privacy, …

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave
1 year, 11 months ago

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave

The Hindu  

India’s digital public infrastructure, loosely the India Stack and more, is a marvel of our times, shaped in a unique partnership between governments, regulators, the private sector, selfless volunteers, startups, and academia/think tanks. Engendering sustained collective action at scale between so many disparate entities itself is magical and the outcomes are India’s answer to Web 3, perhaps even superior in …

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?
2 years, 3 months ago

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?

The Hindu  

The passage of time does not seem to have removed the concern of people about the safety of Aadhaar data. It was more than six-seven years ago that cooking gas consumers in Tamil Nadu began seeding their Aadhaar and bank account details with their LPG consumer numbers for receiving the subsidy and the ration cardholders integrated the Aadhaar data of …

New awareness campaign on Aadhaar to focus on its day-to-day use in availing welfare schemes: UIDAI
2 years, 7 months ago

New awareness campaign on Aadhaar to focus on its day-to-day use in availing welfare schemes: UIDAI

Firstpost  

More than 130 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated so far, but UIDAI feels there is still a great need to communicate to the residents the benefits of Aadhaar, updating their details in Aadhaar and the role it can play in their day-to-day life New Delhi: A new public awareness campaign on Aadhaar is being planned with a special focus …

Aadhaar number mandatory to get govt benefits-subsidies: UIDAI
2 years, 7 months ago

Aadhaar number mandatory to get govt benefits-subsidies: UIDAI

Hindustan Times  

According to a recent circular issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India, if you don't have an Aadhaar number or enrolment slip, you may not be entitled to avail government subsidies and benefits. "Thus in the above backdrop and considering the proviso to Section 7 of the Act.in case no Aadhaar number has been assigned to an individual, he/she …

Govt Says All Welfare Schemes Must Use Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfer, Seeks Detailed Review
2 years, 8 months ago

Govt Says All Welfare Schemes Must Use Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfer, Seeks Detailed Review

News 18  

The central government has sought a comprehensive review of all welfare schemes implemented by all ministries and departments, and said that all such schemes should be using Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfer, News18 has learnt. The move is aimed at ensuring smooth disbursal of benefits to beneficiaries identified under different schemes of the central government while eliminating duplication of data and …

DC Edit | Volte-face and quick fixes can’t protect Indians’ data
2 years, 9 months ago

DC Edit | Volte-face and quick fixes can’t protect Indians’ data

Deccan Chronicle  

The confusing communications from the Union government on Aadhaar or the unique identification number, and the angst and disquiet these caused to the people, are the result of the ad hoc approach it has taken to the implementation of the whole project since its very inception. Recently, it withdrew a notification asking Aadhaar card holders not to share the number …

Questions remain on the Aadhaar flip-flop
2 years, 9 months ago

Questions remain on the Aadhaar flip-flop

Hindustan Times  

Over the weekend, the government issued and withdrew an advisory cautioning people on sharing their full Aadhaar numbers in a hard copy with “unlicensed” organisations. Aadhaar cardholders, the second statement said, are “only advised to exercise normal prudence”. The likelihood of being asked for a photocopy of an Aadhaar — instead of being verified via an OTP or a fingerprint …

'Rules on linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls can be issued soon, says Chief Election Commissioner
2 years, 10 months ago

'Rules on linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls can be issued soon, says Chief Election Commissioner

Firstpost  

Sushil Chandra, however, added that sharing Aadhaar details will be voluntary for voters, but those not doing so will have to give ‘sufficient reasons’ New Delhi: Rules on linking Aadhaar with the electoral rolls can be issued by the government soon, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has said, adding that sharing Aadhaar details will be voluntary for voters, but those …

Fix Aadhaar defects now
2 years, 11 months ago

Fix Aadhaar defects now

Hindustan Times  

There are several “deficiencies” in how India’s national identity project, Aadhaar, is managed, according to a report tabled by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in Parliament last week. Chief among these were instances of junk enrolment and low-quality biometric information, UIDAI’s inability to directly audit whether fingerprints and retina scans of citizens could be stored by third parties, …

Govt to Soon Share Consent Form with Citizens on 'Prospective' Sharing of Aadhaar for Future Schemes
3 years, 2 months ago

Govt to Soon Share Consent Form with Citizens on 'Prospective' Sharing of Aadhaar for Future Schemes

News 18  

The government will soon be sending you a form through an e-mail, SMS or asking you to access the same online on a website, seeking your permission for the “prospective sharing” of your Aadhaar details for getting benefits in all “future” government schemes and for the “creation of an Aadhaar-seeded database”. This comes as the Unique Identification Authority of India …

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move
3 years, 2 months ago

Linking Aadhaar to electoral rolls is a great reform move

Live Mint  

Indian Parliament recently passed an amendment to our electoral laws allowing the digital linking of the Aadhaar number of a citizen to the country’s electoral rolls on a voluntary basis. It would also become difficult for Indians to vote electronically, in case the law someday allows this, if the country’s electoral rolls are not properly maintained. This database should be …

2021 Ends With Aadhaar Boom as Dec Authentications Hit Record 156 Crore, and Counting - News18
3 years, 2 months ago

2021 Ends With Aadhaar Boom as Dec Authentications Hit Record 156 Crore, and Counting - News18

News 18  

The year is ending with an Aadhaar usage boom in the country with a record number of 156 crore authentications done this month till December 29, the highest-ever monthly figure since the unique ID’s inception. Around 131 crore people in India presently have an Aadhaar number, implying that people may have used the number more than once to avail a …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads its tentacles
3 years, 3 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads its tentacles

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays a neophyte’s zeal for the use of Aadhaar, an idea that he had strongly opposed when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. The Supreme Court’s judgment that there can be legitimate reasons for State intrusion into the privacy of the citizen had been used by Mr Rijiju to defend the use of Aadhaar’s new …

The Aadhaar-voter ID link
3 years, 3 months ago

The Aadhaar-voter ID link

Hindustan Times  

Amendments to the election law to allow the interlinking of Aadhaar and the voter identity database were cleared by the Lok Sabha amid resistance from the Opposition. The idea to use the biometrics-based identity to clean up electoral rolls goes back more than five years, when the Election Commission carried out pilot projects to remove unverifiable entries in some states. …

Aadhaar 2.0: Top Govt Officials, Experts to Brainstorm on Expanding Usage, Achieving International Standard
3 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar 2.0: Top Govt Officials, Experts to Brainstorm on Expanding Usage, Achieving International Standard

News 18  

Top government officials and experts from India and abroad will brainstorm over three days in the coming week over how to improve and expand the use of Aadhaar in a digital economy and work towards developing Aadhaar as an “International Digital Identity Standard”. The three-day workshop titled ‘Aadhaar 2.0 – Ushering the Next Era of Digital Identity and Smart Governance’ …

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India
3 years, 5 months ago

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India

Hindustan Times  

Reacting to a recent story on India's tech-based governance in a renowned magazine and the digital divide that is highlighted, the government on Wednesday claimed that the article is “inaccurate and biased", "betrays a severe lack of journalistic diligence" and “contradicts even the past reports” in that publication. Taking cognisance of an article published in The Economist on October 16, …

Aadhaar as a hurdle: The Hindu Editorial on biometric authentication failures and welfare delivery
4 years ago

Aadhaar as a hurdle: The Hindu Editorial on biometric authentication failures and welfare delivery

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, did the right thing by terming as serious the allegation by a petitioner that three crore ration cards were cancelled for not being linked with the Aadhaar database and that these were connected to reported starvation deaths in some States. Following the Court’s judgment in 2018, upholding the Aadhaar programme as a reasonable restriction on …

Finance Minister Asks Banks to Ensure All Accounts Are Linked with Aadhaar by March 2021
4 years, 4 months ago

Finance Minister Asks Banks to Ensure All Accounts Are Linked with Aadhaar by March 2021

News 18  

Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday asked banks to ensure that all accounts are linked with Aadhaar numbers of respective customers by March 31, 2021. “…by March 31, 2021, every account should have a PAN where needed and where applicable, and Aadhaar in every one of your accounts,” Sitharaman said while addressing the 73rd annual general meeting of the …

'Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Rules' Notified [Read Rules]
4 years, 7 months ago

'Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Rules' Notified [Read Rules]

Live Law  

Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Rules, 2020, have been notified today.These Rules have been framed invoking powers conferred by Section 53 and 53 Aadhaar Rules, 2020, have been notified today. Section provides that an entity may be allowed to perform authentication, if the Authority is satisfied that the requesting entity is— compliant with such standards of privacy and security as …

Delivering welfare to the beneficiary
4 years, 10 months ago

Delivering welfare to the beneficiary

Hindustan Times  

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has acted decisively in setting a timeline of a month to probe a potential fraud in the PM-Kisan scheme in his state. With the coronavirus disease pushing more people into poverty and affecting the earning capacity of millions, it is vital that welfare schemes reach the targeted beneficiary in the shortest possible time. An elderly …

Bill likely in Budget session to allow EC link Aadhaar with voters' list to check multiple entries
5 years, 2 months ago

Bill likely in Budget session to allow EC link Aadhaar with voters' list to check multiple entries

India TV News  

Bill likely in Budget session to allow EC link Aadhaar with voters' list to check multiple entries Accepting the proposal to give it legal backing to collect Aadhaar data, the Law Ministry is learnt to have asked the poll panel to ensure that the data is protected at multiple levels. The government is likely to bring a bill in the …

Government preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID
5 years, 2 months ago

Government preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID

India TV News  

Union Law Ministry has been working on a Cabinet note to prepare a new law after considering the Election Commission's proposal to give it statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar numbers of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in the electoral rolls. "The Ministry is busy in preparing a Cabinet note considering Election Commission's proposal to tweak …

Home ministry issues notification making Aadhaar mandatory for benefits under scheme for civilian victims of terror, communal violence
5 years, 2 months ago

Home ministry issues notification making Aadhaar mandatory for benefits under scheme for civilian victims of terror, communal violence

Firstpost  

Aadhaar will be required for getting benefits under a central government scheme for providing financial assistance to family members of victims of violence perpetrated by terrorists or Naxals, and communal riots New Delhi: Aadhaar will be required for getting benefits under a central government scheme for providing financial assistance to family members of victims of violence perpetrated by terrorists or …

SC seeks govt’s response on use of Aadhaar as ID
5 years, 4 months ago

SC seeks govt’s response on use of Aadhaar as ID

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and the Unique Identification Authority of India on a PIL challenging the Aadhaar and Other Laws Act, 2019, that provides for voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identification document for opening of the bank accounts and for getting mobile connections. Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which now …

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms
5 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court seeks government reply to plea on Aadhaar data use by private firms

The Hindu  

A Bench of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and B.R. Gavai of the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government and the Unique Identification Authority of India to respond to a petition alleging that recent amendments to the Aadhaar law opened the back door to private players to access citizens’ sensitive personal data. “The impugned Act creates a …

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories
5 years, 7 months ago

Firstpost Editor's Picks: INX Media case, Congress in Assam, Aadhar-social media linking; today's must-read stories

Firstpost  

INX Media scandal a classic case of system manipulation; ED notice brings end to P Chidambram’s methods of evading agencies P Chidambaram gave evasive replies to the probe agencies while he was under protective cover extended to him by the court. Congress in Assam: Despite a series of defeats, young bloods prepare to fight back and help party ‘rise like …

Cabinet approves amendments to Aadhaar Bill
5 years, 8 months ago

Cabinet approves amendments to Aadhaar Bill

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Further strengthening Aadhar in India, the Cabinet on Wednesday approved official amendments to the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill 2019, while providing a fillip to India's sugarcane farming sector. The Bill replaces the provision to state that an individual may voluntarily use his Aadhaar number to establish his identity, by authentication or offline verification. The Bill also states …

Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court
5 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court

India TV News  

The Centre on Tuesday said the Ordinance on the issue of voluntary use of Aadhaar biometric ID in the private sector did not survive, as the Parliament had already passed the amendment bill. President Ram Nath Kovind had in March given his assent to the Aadhaar Ordinance that allowed voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for obtaining mobile SIM …

Aadhaar Bill seeking its use as ID to open bank accounts passes in Lok Sabha
5 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar Bill seeking its use as ID to open bank accounts passes in Lok Sabha

India Today  

Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2019. Amid Opposition raising several objections to the proposed amendments in the bill, the Lok Sabha cleared the bill that seeks to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identity proof. The bill proposes to allow Aadhaar cardholders to use it as an identity proof to open bank accounts …

Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi meets Donald Trump in Osaka; Ravi Shankar Prasad to introduce Aadhaar-related bill in LS; day's top stories
5 years, 8 months ago

Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi meets Donald Trump in Osaka; Ravi Shankar Prasad to introduce Aadhaar-related bill in LS; day's top stories

Firstpost  

Daily Bulletin: Modi holds bilateral talks with US President Donald Trump ahead of G20 summit opening;Amit Shah to introduce the amendment of Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004, in LS today; day’s top stories Modi holds bilateral talks with US president Donald Trump ahead of G20 summit opening Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held bilateral talks with US President …

Bill proposing voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof tabled in Lok Sabha
5 years, 9 months ago

Bill proposing voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof tabled in Lok Sabha

India TV News  

A bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identity proof for opening bank accounts and procuring mobile phone connections was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid opposition. The bill proposes to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar number for authentication and identity proof in opening of bank accounts and procuring of mobile phone connections. The bill also …

Aadhaar Amendment Bill gets Cabinet nod, to be introduced in coming Parliament session
5 years, 9 months ago

Aadhaar Amendment Bill gets Cabinet nod, to be introduced in coming Parliament session

India TV News  

The Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a Bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof for opening bank accounts and procuring mobile phone connections. "For the convenience of general public in opening of bank accounts, the proposed amendments would allow the use of Aadhaar number for authentication on voluntary basis as acceptable KYC document under the Telegraph Act, 1885 …

Has Aadhaar improved welfare delivery?
5 years, 11 months ago

Has Aadhaar improved welfare delivery?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: On Aadhaar.there is no vision, only political gimmick,” tweeted Narendra Modi in 2014, just a month before he became Prime Minister. Proponents argue that Aadhaar, by providing a unique identity and allowing biometric authentication, delivers the gains to actual beneficiaries, instead of fake or duplicates, thereby cutting leakages. This includes the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …

President gives nod to ordinance that allows Aadhaar as valid ID proof in certain cases
6 years ago

President gives nod to ordinance that allows Aadhaar as valid ID proof in certain cases

Firstpost  

The ordinance allows the use of Aadhaar as ID proof for mobile SIM cards and opening bank accounts. President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to an ordinance that allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for obtaining mobile SIM cards and opening bank accounts. The ordinance gives effect to the changes in the Aadhaar Act such as …

President's nod to ordinance for voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for bank account, SIM
6 years ago

President's nod to ordinance for voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for bank account, SIM

India TV News  

President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to an ordinance that allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for obtaining mobile SIM cards and opening bank accounts. The ordinance gives effect to the changes in the Aadhaar Act such as giving a child an option to exit from the biometric ID programme on attaining 18 years of age. …

Cabinet clears voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof
6 years ago

Cabinet clears voluntary use of Aadhaar as identity proof

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday approved the promulgation of an Ordinance to allow voluntary submission of Aadhaar as identity proof for use by private entities such as banks, telcos and fintech firms. The amendment also provides for civil penalties for violations of Aadhaar Act and provisions by entities in the Aadhaar ecosystem. “Subsequent to …

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill
6 years, 2 months ago

A renewed attack on privacy: on Aadhaar Bill

The Hindu  

On Friday, the Lok Sabha, without any attendant discussion, passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2018. Originally, Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act allowed both the state and private entities to use the programme to establish an individual’s identity pursuant to a law or a contract. This part of the section, thus, is declared unconstitutional.” Although this leaves little …

Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access
6 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access

Live Mint  

In the most recent twist in the Aadhaar saga, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar Amendment Bill last week. The bill is clearly the government’s attempt to facilitate the continued use of the Aadhaar infrastructure within the constraints laid down by the Supreme Court. The most strident criticisms of the amendment bill have, however, been reserved for the manner in …

Centre to make linking of Aadhaar with driving licences mandatory soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years, 2 months ago

Centre to make linking of Aadhaar with driving licences mandatory soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Firstpost  

Through a power presentation, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “This is digital profile of India - 123 crore Aadhaar cards,121 crore mobile phones, 44.6 crore smart phones, 56 crore internet users, there has been 51 percent growth in e-commerce. There is 130 crore population in India.” Phagwara: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government will soon make it mandatory …

UIDAI has new plans to make Aadhaar enrolment, updation easier
6 years, 2 months ago

UIDAI has new plans to make Aadhaar enrolment, updation easier

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The UIDAI is mulling allowing Common Service Centres to provide non-biometric assistance for Aadhaar enrolment and updation services, including helping public in filling online forms, according to a government source. Village-level Entrepreneurs or VLEs, who run CSCs, have been asking the government to allow them to restart Aadhaar enrolment and updation services, after UIDAI restricted these centres and …

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