Aadhaar 2.0: Top Govt Officials, Experts to Brainstorm on Expanding Usage, Achieving International Standard
3 years, 1 month 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’ will see the presence of Ministers of Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, former UIDAI chiefs Nandan Nilekani, RS Sharma and Ajay Bhushan Pandey, PM’s Economic Council Chairman Bibek Debroy, finance secretary TV Somanathan, IT secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney and NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant. On the discussion table is “expanding use of Aadhaar to boost Digital Economy”, the development of “Aadhaar as an International Digital Identity Standard” as well as usage of smart devices as a “universal authenticator” for Aadhaar. A government official said given the Aadhaar is a “Trusted Id” with biometrics and e-KYC authentication, the government feels it can be used even internationally as a digital identity standards besides in India.

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Too many digital IDs spoil the broth
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Too many digital IDs spoil the broth

Hindustan Times  

In what can be described as nothing but absurd, schools have started distributing forms among minor students, egged on by the Ministry of Education. For those out of the loop, this is a fancy new 12-digit ID, much like Aadhaar, but exclusive to students and is ‘designed’ to track their academic achievements. Too many digital IDs spoil the broth There’s …

Forensic Access to Aadhaar Data: Balancing Privacy and Identifying the Unknown
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Forensic Access to Aadhaar Data: Balancing Privacy and Identifying the Unknown

The Hindu  

The article discusses the limitations of the Aadhaar Act's restrictions on the disclosure of core biometric information in the context of identifying deceased individuals. It highlights the dilemma faced by law enforcement agencies when accessing fingerprint data from the Aadhaar database in cases where the body is unidentified. The article argues that providing access to fingerprint data based on a …

Cyber-Secure India: A Collective Effort to Protect Citizens from Digital Crimes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cyber-Secure India: A Collective Effort to Protect Citizens from Digital Crimes

Hindustan Times  

Cybersecurity is a top priority for the Indian government, with the country witnessing a surge in digital connectivity and a corresponding rise in cybercrimes. However, authorities have been proactive in safeguarding citizens from these threats, disconnecting fraudulent mobile connections and blocking over ₹2,400 crore in suspicious transactions. The government has also launched an indigenously developed International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention …

UIDAI extends free Aadhaar update scheme till December 14, 2024: Details here
3 months, 1 week ago

UIDAI extends free Aadhaar update scheme till December 14, 2024: Details here

India TV News  

The Unique Identification Authority of India has extended its free Aadhaar update scheme until December 14, 2024. Originally, it was set to end on September 14, this extension allows users to upload documents and make profile changes on the myAadhaar portal without incurring any fees for an additional three months. "UIDAI extends free online document upload facility till 14th December …

5 crore kids, teens in UP haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics
4 months, 1 week ago

5 crore kids, teens in UP haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Over 5 crore children and teenagers in UP, which has a population of approximately 20 crore, have yet not updated their Aadhaar biometrics, including fingerprints and iris scans, as required by the Unique Identification Authority of India. As a result, many teenagers are facing problems while filling forms for competitive exams like National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and availing …

Bengaluru firm SISA Infosec secures Patent for Innovative Aadhaar Data Management Systems
5 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru firm SISA Infosec secures Patent for Innovative Aadhaar Data Management Systems

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: After sustained efforts, the Bengaluru-based cybersecurity firm SISA Infosec has been awarded a government patent for a groundbreaking system designed to manage Aadhaar data, marking a significant advancement in data security and compliance technology. The newly patented system, known as the SISA Radar Aadhaar Data Discovery Engine, aims to transform how organisations handle sensitive Aadhaar information, ensuring adherence …

Fresh advisory soon on Aadhaar as date of birth proof
10 months ago

Fresh advisory soon on Aadhaar as date of birth proof

The Hindu  

To avoid inconvenience to the public and government schemes’ beneficiaries and quell a sense of anxiety about a recent directive to cease the usage of Aadhaar as a ‘date of birth’ proof, the Unique Identification Authority of India is likely to issue a clarification soon that those relying on the ID proof for age may do so after undertaking a …

Union Home Ministry seeks Aadhaar authentication of prisoners and jail visitors
1 year, 1 month ago

Union Home Ministry seeks Aadhaar authentication of prisoners and jail visitors

The Hindu  

Prisoners lodged in the approximately 1,300 jails across the country, and their visitors, may have to undergo Aadhaar authentication, an initiative of the Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure the security of the inmates, and prevent identity fraud. The Ministry of Home Affairs has written to the States and Union Territories, asking them to utilise the Aadhaar authentication of prison …

Identity pangs: The Hindu Editorial on Aadhaar and concerns
1 year, 2 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, 2 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 …

What are Moody's concerns about India's Aadhaar biometric system? 6 points
1 year, 2 months ago

What are Moody's concerns about India's Aadhaar biometric system? 6 points

Live Mint  

Global rating agency Moody's Investors Service recently raised concerns about security and privacy vulnerabilities in biometric technologies like the Aadhaar programme in India. Moody's report also stated, "Certain categories of digital ID, especially those under central or federated control, are susceptible to misuse or exploitation – a concern that becomes particularly salient when sensitive biometric data like fingerprints or facial …

Centre slams Moody's over 'sweeping assertions' against Aadhar
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre slams Moody's over 'sweeping assertions' against Aadhar

Op India  

Taking strong exception to Moody’s Investors Service’s views, which questioned Aadhaar workability, the Central government on Monday said that the report is prepared “without citing any evidence or basis” and that it is baseless. Ministry of Electronics & IT in a press release said that the Aadhaar is the foundational Digital Public Infrastructure of the India stack and that over …

Government rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar views; says a billion Indians trust it
1 year, 2 months ago

Government rebuffs Moody’s Aadhaar views; says a billion Indians trust it

The Hindu  

The Electronics and IT Ministry late on September 25 took on a report from Moody’s Investors Service that raised questions about the efficacy of Aadhaar and asserted that there have been no breaches reported from the unique ID system’s database till date to dismiss concerns about security and privacy in a centralised system. In a note titled “Aadhaar, the most …

Aadhaar unreliable in ‘hot, humid’ India: Moody’s
1 year, 3 months ago

Aadhaar unreliable in ‘hot, humid’ India: Moody’s

The Hindu  

Global rating major Moody’s Investors Service has flagged concerns about security and privacy vulnerabilities in centralised identification systems like India’s Aadhaar programme. Privacy, security concerns In a report on “Decentralized Finance and Digital Assets” issued on September 23, Moody’s acknowledged Aadhaar as “the world’s largest digital ID program” that assigns unique numbers to over 1.2 billion Indian residents using biometric …

Aadhaar authentication surges with 1.96 billion transactions in April 2023, indicating digital economy expansion
1 year, 7 months ago

Aadhaar authentication surges with 1.96 billion transactions in April 2023, indicating digital economy expansion

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Aadhaar holders have executed 1.96 billion authentication transactions in April 2023, underlining the growing usage of Aadhaar and growth of digital economy in the country, according to an official release. “Aadhaar holders executed 1.96 billion authentication transactions in April 2023, a jump of more than 19.3 per cent over April 2022, indicating the growth of digital economy and …

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky
1 year, 7 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, …

Secure Aadhaar data from misuse
1 year, 8 months ago

Secure Aadhaar data from misuse

Hindustan Times  

Last week, the government proposed to tweak rules regarding Aadhaar to allow entities other than the government for identity verification, a report in this newspaper noted. However, in 2019, the government tweaked the Aadhaar Act to allow some private companies — telecom providers and financial institutions — to seek Aadhaar voluntarily. The scale, and the associated problems of privacy and …

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave
1 year, 8 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 …

Budget: New DigiLocker and KYC will simplify digital identity requirements
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget: New DigiLocker and KYC will simplify digital identity requirements

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: In a Budget speech with a wide-ranging focus on technology and tech-driven solutions, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman pitched for simplification of the know your customer processes for financial services, gave the DigiLocker platform more utility for individuals as well as businesses, and allowed fintech platforms greater flexibility to tap India’s digital infrastructure. “Fintech services in India have been …

Is Aadhaar for greater social good?
2 years 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 …

Verify Aadhaar Before Accepting It As Proof of Identity: UIDAI To States
2 years, 1 month ago

Verify Aadhaar Before Accepting It As Proof of Identity: UIDAI To States

News 18  

The Unique Identification Authority of India, under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, on Thursday requested the state governments to verify the Aadhaar before accepting to establish the identity of an individual. “UIDAI has requested the state governments by emphasising the need for verification before usage, and has urged the states to give necessary direction so that whenever Aadhaar is …

Verify 'Aadhaar' before accepting it as proof of identity, says UIDAI
2 years, 1 month ago

Verify 'Aadhaar' before accepting it as proof of identity, says UIDAI

India TV News  

UIDAI on Aadhaar verification : Before accepting Aadhaar either in physical or electronic form as the proof of identity of an individual, entities should verify if it is genuine, the UIDAI said today. In a statement, the Union ministry of Electronics and IT said verification of Aadhaar prohibits 'unscrupulous elements and anti-social elements' from indulging in any possible misuse of …

UIDAI says Aadhaar should not be used without online verification
2 years, 1 month ago

UIDAI says Aadhaar should not be used without online verification

India Today  

Many businesses take customers' Aadhaar cards for KYC these days. In a note on PIB, the Unique Identification Authority of India notes that verification of the Aadhaar number is the right step to establish the "genuineness of any form of Aadhaar". The government adds that Aadhaar verification "promotes usage hygiene, and reasserts UIDAI's stand that any 12-digit number is not …

Aadhaar e-KYC transactions go up by 7.7% to 25.25 crore in September: Govt
2 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar e-KYC transactions go up by 7.7% to 25.25 crore in September: Govt

Hindustan Times  

The number of e-KYC transactions executed using Aadhaar surged to 25.25 crore in September, registering a growth of 7.7% as compared to August, according to data released by the Ministry of Electronics and IT on Tuesday. The cumulative number of e-KYC transactions via Aadhaar so far has increased to 1297.93 crore by the end of September, the government data showed. …

New awareness campaign on Aadhaar to focus on its day-to-day use in availing welfare schemes: UIDAI
2 years, 4 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 …

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 4 months ago

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

There has been no breach of Unique Identification Authority of India’s Aadhaar data vault, Union minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by CPI MP Binoy Viswam on whether the Centre has considered the recent CAG report that questioned the encryption method and procedure …

'Question Of National Security,' Nearly 100 Aadhaar-Related FIRs Brought To UIDAI's Notice: Report
2 years, 6 months ago

'Question Of National Security,' Nearly 100 Aadhaar-Related FIRs Brought To UIDAI's Notice: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: While roughly a hundred police complaints relating to Aadhaar numbers were brought to the attention of the Unique Identification Authority of India between 2018 and 2021, a considerably greater number of incidents went unreported, according to authorities acquainted with the subject, HT reported. They include Aadhaar numbers being compromised, Pakistani citizens obtaining the unique numbers meant only for …

Questioning the safety of Aadhaar
2 years, 6 months ago

Questioning the safety of Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The story so far: Two days after issuing an advisory asking people to refrain from sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar Card, the Unique Identification Development Authority of India opted to withdraw the notification. It stated that the action was to avert any possibility of ‘misinterpretation’ of the press release, asking people to exercise “normal prudence” in using/sharing their Aadhaar numbers. …

Questions remain on the Aadhaar flip-flop
2 years, 6 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 …

Aadhaar photocopy warning from UIDAI sparks row. Then a clarification
2 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar photocopy warning from UIDAI sparks row. Then a clarification

Hindustan Times  

The central government on Sunday issued a clarification after backlash over an advisory from the Unique Identification Authority of India on sharing of Aadhar photocopy with any unlicensed private entity. Unlicensed private entities like hotels or film halls are not permitted to collect or keep copies of Aadhaar card, the release said, calling it an offence under the Aadhaar Act …

Core biometric information shall not be shared with anyone, UIDAI tells Delhi High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Core biometric information shall not be shared with anyone, UIDAI tells Delhi High Court

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Unique Identification Authority of India informed the Delhi High Court that core biometric information collected by the authority under the Aadhaar Act shall not be shared with anyone for any reason whatsoever. UIDAI, in its affidavit filed in the high court, stated that core biometric information has been defined in Section 2 of the Aadhaar Act to mean …

India’s e-belt-and-road initiative for digital diplomacy
2 years, 7 months ago

India’s e-belt-and-road initiative for digital diplomacy

Live Mint  

As of 2021, India had issued more than 1.3 billion digital identity cards via its Aadhaar platform and over 1.1 billion digital vaccine certificates through its CoWin platform. Aadhaar’s open architecture that allows for scalability and vendor neutrality has already had several countries approaching India to either replicate the model or take note of its technology to develop their own …

Fix Aadhaar defects now
2 years, 8 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 Working on 'One Digital ID' That Links PAN, Aadhaar, Passport: Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Govt Working on 'One Digital ID' That Links PAN, Aadhaar, Passport: Report

News 18  

The Central government is seemingly working on the successor of the Aadhaar Card. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s proposed plan that was assessed by The Indian Express, the government is working on a new model of “Federated Digital Identities" to link multiple digital IDs such as driving licence, passport numbers, PAN, and so on- all into …

India to Introduce e-Passport With a Microchip: How it is Different from Regular Ones
2 years, 11 months ago

India to Introduce e-Passport With a Microchip: How it is Different from Regular Ones

News 18  

Everything About E-Passport: The ministry of external affairs has expressed plans of introducing chip-enabled e-passports soon, in an important news to frequent travellers. “It has been the constant endeavour of the ministry to enhance passport services, in fact all citizen services that we provide, and introduce new features and facilities in the passport and our passport services,” MEA spokesperson Arindam …

Govt to Soon Share Consent Form with Citizens on 'Prospective' Sharing of Aadhaar for Future Schemes
2 years, 11 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
2 years, 11 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 …

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

Why is UIDAI Issuing Physical Aadhaar Cards, No Logic in Offline Verification, Says Its Former Chief RS Sharma
3 years ago

Why is UIDAI Issuing Physical Aadhaar Cards, No Logic in Offline Verification, Says Its Former Chief RS Sharma

News 18  

Former chief of Unique Identification Authority of India and current chief of National Health Authority and CoWin RS Sharma slammed his former organisation on Wednesday, saying it defeated logic that the UIDAI was issuing physical Aadhaar cards or allowing offline verification. This whole concept that the Aadhaar is a secret number is a problem,” Sharma added. “The line on the …

Now get Aadhaar verification done offline, users get power to revoke eKYC consent
3 years, 1 month ago

Now get Aadhaar verification done offline, users get power to revoke eKYC consent

The Hindu  

Now people can get their Aadhaar verification done offline by sharing a digitally-signed document generated by the Unique Identity Authority of India which will contain only the last 4 digits of the Aadhaar number assigned to the holder, according to new rules published by the government. The UIDAI has added QR Code Verification, Aadhaar Paperless offline e-KYC verification, e-Aadhaar verification, …

'Inaccurate': Govt slams magazine article claiming digital divide in India
3 years, 2 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, …

Citing Aadhaar, American expert recommends US to design a system that is inclusive and work for most people
3 years, 5 months ago

Citing Aadhaar, American expert recommends US to design a system that is inclusive and work for most people

Live Mint  

Washington: Citing the experience of the Aadhaar system in India, an American expert has recommended lawmakers that the US design a digital identification system that is inclusive and will work for most people. Responding to a question, Renieris said that if one can't obtain a digital identity in many countries, one is effectively locked out of life. The second layer …

Big boost for UIDAI. Today 99% of Indian adult population holds Aadhaar card
3 years, 5 months ago

Big boost for UIDAI. Today 99% of Indian adult population holds Aadhaar card

Live Mint  

Amid morale boosting development for the Unique Identification Authority of India, the total number of Indian adult population holding Aadhaar card as on 21st June 2021 has touched 99 per cent of the net Indian adult population. This means that 99% of the adult population in India, above the age of 18, have a digital identity.." As per the UIDAI …

Aadhaar as a hurdle: The Hindu Editorial on biometric authentication failures and welfare delivery
3 years, 9 months 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 …

Now Renew Driver's License Online, Apply for Vehicle Registration as Govt Announces Aadhar Based Services
3 years, 9 months ago

Now Renew Driver's License Online, Apply for Vehicle Registration as Govt Announces Aadhar Based Services

News 18  

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a new notification stating that candidates applying for a driver’s license will not need to visit the RTO office for a few services like attaining a learner’s license, driving license, vehicle registration and a few more. Certain services regarding Driving License and Certificate of Registration have been made completely online. Authentication …

Legal notice to Kerala government for making Aadhaar mandatory for ILGMS log in
4 years, 2 months ago

Legal notice to Kerala government for making Aadhaar mandatory for ILGMS log in

The Hindu  

The petitioners in the Puttaswamy case that challenged the constitutionality of Aadhaar in the Supreme Court have sent a legal notice to the State government against making Aadhaar number mandatory for signing into the Integrated Local Self-Governance Management System. Civil society activists Bezwada Wilson and Kalyani Menon-Sen, the petitioners in the Puttaswamy case, have said in the legal notice that …

New rules allows Aadhaar authentication to ensure better services for citizens
4 years, 4 months ago

New rules allows Aadhaar authentication to ensure better services for citizens

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: The Centre may allow Aadhaar authentication to ensure citizens have better access to some government services, and to plug leakage of public funds, according to rules issued by the ministry of electronics and information technology. For instance, the transport ministry can seek MeitY’s permission for Aadhaar authentication to renew driving licence, change address in vehicle registration certificate. According …

'Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Rules' Notified [Read Rules]
4 years, 4 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 …

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