Centre to make linking of Aadhaar with driving licences mandatory soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years 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 for linking Aadhaar with driving licences. Delivering his presidential address at the ongoing 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University in Phagwara, the minister for Law, Electronics and Information Technology said, “We are soon going to bring a law which will make it mandatory to link Aadhaar with driving licence.” “At present, what happens is that the guilty person who causes an accident flees the scene and gets a duplicate licence. Through a power presentation, 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.

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Too many digital IDs spoil the broth
2 months, 1 week 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 …

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

Identity pangs: The Hindu Editorial on Aadhaar and concerns
1 year, 3 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 …

Centre slams Moody's over 'sweeping assertions' against Aadhar
1 year, 3 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 …

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, …

‘Cyber cafes fleecing people over PAN-Aadhaar linking’: Locals allege nexus with govt centres
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Cyber cafes fleecing people over PAN-Aadhaar linking’: Locals allege nexus with govt centres

Hindustan Times  

Belagavi: Several residents of districts in north Karnataka have alleged a nexus between government-authorised service providers and private cyber centres in linking the Permanent Account Number to Aadhaar cards. The allegations came after “Belagavi One,” “Dharwad One,” and “Gadag One”, which are authorised by the government, referred people to cyber cafes and other private firms for PAN-Aadhaar linking. An employee …

India’s digital public infrastructure, catching the next wave
1 year, 9 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 …

Digital payments are growing in India but many want cash
3 years ago

Digital payments are growing in India but many want cash

India Today  

When the government announced demonetisation in 2016, the biggest change that it expected to see was Indian consumers shifting from cash to cashless mode of payments. A survey by the Reserve Bank of India suggests that despite the increase in use of digital payments in India, a large group of people still prefer cash over digital payments. Too confusing Despite …

Why is UIDAI Issuing Physical Aadhaar Cards, No Logic in Offline Verification, Says Its Former Chief RS Sharma
3 years, 1 month 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 …

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’ …

'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, 6 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 …

New rules allows Aadhaar authentication to ensure better services for citizens
4 years, 5 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 …

Digital India should be leveraged to transform rural areas: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
5 years, 2 months ago

Digital India should be leveraged to transform rural areas: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Digital India initiative should be leveraged to transform rural India and create avenues for those in smaller towns and cities, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. “I want Digital India platform to transform rural India and create aspirations in tier 3 and tier 4 cities and towns,” the Minister said. Citing success stories of technology platforms …

Amit Shah says next Census in 2021 will be done digitally, proposes multipurpose ID card for NPR rollout
5 years, 3 months ago

Amit Shah says next Census in 2021 will be done digitally, proposes multipurpose ID card for NPR rollout

Firstpost  

To give a boost to the government’s digitisation efforts, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that in the upcoming Census in 2021, a mobile app will be used for data collection. Shah also said the Centre was likely set to spend Rs 12,000 crore on the 2021 Census as well as the preparation of the National Population Register. This …

Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court
5 years, 6 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 …

Opinion | The Aadhaar amendment and private sector access
6 years 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 …

Wouldn’t Aadhaar-Driving Licence Linking be Illegal, Mr Prasad?
6 years ago

Wouldn’t Aadhaar-Driving Licence Linking be Illegal, Mr Prasad?

The Quint  

Didn’t you see what the Supreme Court said about bank accounts and mobile numbers? About how making Aadhaar mandatory for them was wrong since it presumed everyone was doing something wrong, that there was no necessity to do this. The court also held that even if the government has a legitimate purpose in mind, there needs to be a balancing …

Government will soon make Aadhaar-driving licence linking mandatory: Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years ago

Government will soon make Aadhaar-driving licence linking mandatory: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Live Mint  

Phagwara: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government will soon make it mandatory for linking Aadhaar with driving licences. Delivering his presidential address at the ongoing 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University here, the minister for Law, Electronics and Information Technology said, “We are soon going to bring a law which will make it mandatory to …

Driving licence to be linked with Aadhaar soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years ago

Driving licence to be linked with Aadhaar soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Hindustan Times  

Stating that Aadhaar was the biggest transformation to verify the identity of any individual, Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that the government is planning to link the Aadhaar with driving licence soon. Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that the government is planning to link the Aadhaar with the driving licence soon. The …

Aadhaar card is no more mandatory for SIM cards and bank accounts
6 years ago

Aadhaar card is no more mandatory for SIM cards and bank accounts

India Today  

Aadhaar card update request had become quite a hassle for everyone in India. The government has finally decided to introduce the Aadhar Bill to ease legal backing for voluntary linking of biometric Aadhar ID for mobile SIM card and bank account authentication purposes. Also, section 57 of the Aadhar Act made linking of biometric ID with SIMs and bank accounts …

UIDAI has new plans to make Aadhaar enrolment, updation easier
6 years 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 …

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say
6 years, 3 months ago

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say

NPR  

India's Biometric ID System Has Led To Starvation For Some Poor, Advocates Say Enlarge this image toggle caption Lauren Frayer/NPR Lauren Frayer/NPR India has 1.3 billion people, and no equivalent of the Social Security number. Sponsor Message The government says this system, called Aadhaar — "foundation" in Hindi — has helped to distribute welfare to the country's neediest; streamline the …

Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric identity database, approved by India's Supreme Court
6 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric identity database, approved by India's Supreme Court

ABC  

India's highest court has upheld the legality of the nation's controversial biometric identity database, saying it does not violate citizens' rights to privacy. Key points: Indian residents cannot receive welfare food rations, other benefits without being entered into Aadhaar There is concern the system is vulnerable to security breaches An Indian newspaper has already bought access to data by paying …

Aadhaar our digital identity; completely safe, secure: Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years, 5 months ago

Aadhaar our digital identity; completely safe, secure: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday assured that Aadhaar cards were completely secure and can prevent unscrupulous activities like money laundering. Stating that 122 crore Aadhaar cards have been issued so far, Prasad said 95 crore bank accounts have already been linked with the digital identity cards. He said with direct benefit transfers of various …

Core biometrics under Aadhaar safe and secure, govt tells Parliament
6 years, 5 months ago

Core biometrics under Aadhaar safe and secure, govt tells Parliament

India TV News  

The Union government on Friday informed the Parliament core biometrics under Aadhaar were safe and secure. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the use of the unique identification mechanism has ensured savings of over Rs 90,000 crore by eliminating middlemen. Some members raised questions about reports that …

Aadhaar biometric data can't be tracked even if tried a billion times: IT minister
6 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar biometric data can't be tracked even if tried a billion times: IT minister

Firstpost  

The Minister said that Aadhaar authorities conduct nearly one crore authentications every second. The biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times, Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said on 15 July, while calling the data storage system “completely safe and secure”. For a population of 130 crore, India is home to …

Aadhaar biometric data 'safe' and 'secure', cannot be hacked, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar biometric data 'safe' and 'secure', cannot be hacked, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

India TV News  

Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said that the biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times. That is the inclusive part we have done," Prasad said, lauding the Modi government for "taking rapid steps in making India more digital". For a population of 130 crore, India is home to …

Indian Railways to accept digital Aadhaar, driving licence as ID proof from govt's DigiLocker
6 years, 6 months ago

Indian Railways to accept digital Aadhaar, driving licence as ID proof from govt's DigiLocker

ABP News  

New Delhi, Jul 5 Worried about losing your identity proofs while travelling by train? Railways have now said that they will accept soft copies of Aadhar and driving licence provided they are in your DigiLocker, a digital storage service operated by the government that enables Indian citizens to store certain official documents on cloud. The national transporter has sent a …

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