Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes: UIDAI
6 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes: UIDAI

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India on Friday reiterated that biometric data collected by it cannot be used for any purpose other than generating Aadhaar and for authenticating the identity of Aadhaar holders. The clarification by UIDAI comes after the chief of the National Crime Records Bureau, Ish Kumar, on Thursday suggested that limited access to Aadhaar data for police will help to identify first-time offenders. “The use of or access to Aadhaar biometric data for criminal investigation is not permissible under the Aadhaar Act,” said UIDAI in a statement. According to UIDAI, the Aadhaar Act allows a very limited exception and permits use of or access to Aadhaar biometric data in cases involving national security—and only after pre-authorization by an oversight committee headed by the cabinet secretary.

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Is someone using your Aadhaar without your knowledge? Here is how to check
2 months ago

Is someone using your Aadhaar without your knowledge? Here is how to check

India Today  

The Aadhaar card has become a primary identification document for Indian residents. Due to the data connected to it, there have been many incidents in the past few years where fraudsters reportedly have exploited stolen Aadhaar details for financial fraud, identity theft, or unauthorised access to services. To help people keep their Aadhaar safe and track its usage, the Unique …

Forensic Access to Aadhaar Data: Balancing Privacy and Identifying the Unknown
2 months, 1 week 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 …

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 …

5 crore kids, teens in Uttar Pradesh haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics
5 months ago

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

Hindustan Times  

Over 5 crore children and teenagers in UP, which has a population of over 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 …

Registration Department denies biometric details leak from its end in Mangaluru
1 year, 3 months ago

Registration Department denies biometric details leak from its end in Mangaluru

The Hindu  

Ruling out changes of leakage of biometric details after registration of documents as reported by a few people to the police in Mangaluru, a senior official from the Stamps and Registration Department said that neither the Aadhaar number nor the fingerprint taken at the time of registration are stored in any server for it to be shared. The senior official …

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful
1 year, 3 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 …

Explained | Gaps in Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) abused by cybercriminals
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | Gaps in Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) abused by cybercriminals

The Hindu  

Not sharing One Time Passwords or revealing bank account details may sound like a foolproof idea to avoid falling into the trap of scammers. 📍How my mother Saving Account drain by hacker with the help of #aadharcard Here is the complete thread 👇🧵 — Pushpendra Singh May 2, 2023 In January this year, a similar incident was reported in Gurugram, …

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 …

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 …

Are Aadhaar Card Details Given By People Requesting Video Call With Prisoners Verified? Delhi High Court Asks Tihar Superintendent
2 years, 2 months ago

Are Aadhaar Card Details Given By People Requesting Video Call With Prisoners Verified? Delhi High Court Asks Tihar Superintendent

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Superintendent of Tihar Jail to explain the procedure as to how the request for setting up video calls with prisoners are dealt with by the prison authorities.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also asked whether any record of such video call is maintained and for how much duration the call is allowed. The Delhi High …

Aadhaar biometrics data can now be updated every 10 years. Details here
2 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar biometrics data can now be updated every 10 years. Details here

Live Mint  

The Unique Identification Authority of India has reportedly shared information on updating users' Aadhaar card data. According to news agency PTI report, official sources has informed that Aadhaar custodian UIDAI will encourage people to voluntarily update their biometric data every 10 years. The Unique Identification Authority of India has enrolled almost all adults in the country, barring a small percentage …

Now, you need to update your Aadhaar biometrics data every 10 years: Report
2 years, 3 months ago

Now, you need to update your Aadhaar biometrics data every 10 years: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Unique Identification Authority of India has taken a big decision on updating users' Aadhaar card data. The UIDAI has asked the users to update their biometric details after every ten years, Hindustan Times' sister website Live Hindustan reported. At present, the UIDAI has said it will encourage people to voluntarily update their biometric data on Aadhaar cards. To differentiate …

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 5 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 …

UIDAI looking for 20 hackers to spot bugs in security system storing billions of Aadhaar data
2 years, 5 months ago

UIDAI looking for 20 hackers to spot bugs in security system storing billions of Aadhaar data

India Today  

The Unique Identification Authority of India is looking for 20 top hackers to help find vulnerabilities in its security system, which protects the Aadhaar data of 1.32 billion Indians. The 20 selected individual hackers will be given the chance to study the UIDAI’s Central Identities Data Repository, which stores Aadhaar data of 1.32 billion Indians. The order stated that “the …

UIDAI, which manages Aadhaar data, to go local for IT needs to avoid malware or embedded code
2 years, 6 months ago

UIDAI, which manages Aadhaar data, to go local for IT needs to avoid malware or embedded code

Firstpost  

The Unique Identification Authority of India, the body that manages all Aadhaar data in the country, has said it does not want to procure foreign origin equipment for its Information Technology and Information Security needs, and wants to go local to avoid the risk of embedded code or malware in the former. Additionally, the possibility of Supply Chain Risks associated …

UIDAI takes note of close to 100 Aadhaar-related FIRs
2 years, 7 months ago

UIDAI takes note of close to 100 Aadhaar-related FIRs

Hindustan Times  

Although nearly a hundred police complaints related to Aadhaar numbers between 2018 and 2021 have been brought to the notice of the Unique Identification Authority of India by law enforcement agencies, a much larger number of cases remain unreported, according to officials familiar with the matter. The cases include Aadhaar numbers being compromised, Pakistani citizens acquiring the unique numbers meant …

Questioning the safety of Aadhaar
2 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

Citing misuse, UIDAI suggests sharing 'masked' Aadhaar instead of photocopies
2 years, 7 months ago

Citing misuse, UIDAI suggests sharing 'masked' Aadhaar instead of photocopies

Firstpost  

The suggestion comes as part of the UIDAI’s warning, issued on Sunday, to not share photocopies of Aadhaar with any organisations citing its misuse New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India has warned the people not to share photocopies of Aadhaar with any organisations citing its misuse. The authority has suggested the use of masked Aadhaar which displays only …

Aadhaar photocopy warning from UIDAI sparks row. Then a clarification
2 years, 7 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 …

Beware! Govt warns against sharing Aadhaar details with hotels, cinema halls | Check advisory
2 years, 7 months ago

Beware! Govt warns against sharing Aadhaar details with hotels, cinema halls | Check advisory

India TV News  

Highlights UIDAI asked people to share their 'masked' Aadhar card details. The advisory specifically states that unlicensed private entities like hotels or film halls are not permitted to collect or keep copies of Aadhaar cards. The authority has suggested the use of masked Aadhaar which displays only the last 4 digits of the Aadhaar number that can be downloaded from …

Core biometric information shall not be shared with anyone, UIDAI tells Delhi High Court
2 years, 8 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 …

'4.7 Lakh Aadhaar Cards Cancelled As Duplicate, No Assurance That Card Holders Are Indian Residents' : CAG's Audit Of UIDAI
2 years, 9 months ago

'4.7 Lakh Aadhaar Cards Cancelled As Duplicate, No Assurance That Card Holders Are Indian Residents' : CAG's Audit Of UIDAI

Live Law  

The country's top auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, has pulled up the Unique Identification Authority of India over a range of issues related to the issuance of Aadhaar cards.The issues flagged by the CAG raise a cloud over the authenticity and uniqueness of Aadhaar cards and lend credence to the the concerns being raised by data privacy …

Fake Aadhar Cards: Delhi High Court Directs UIDAI To Disclose Information Of Over 400 Persons Allegedly Involved
2 years, 11 months ago

Fake Aadhar Cards: Delhi High Court Directs UIDAI To Disclose Information Of Over 400 Persons Allegedly Involved

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Unique Identification Authority of India to disclose information of over 400 aadhar card holders who were allegedly issued fake aadhar card certificates for the purpose of enrolment in civil defence training in the city. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh was dealing with a case wherein the investigation revealed that in the year 2019, the …

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

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’ …

UIDAI wants exemption from Data Protection Bill
3 years, 2 months ago

UIDAI wants exemption from Data Protection Bill

The Hindu  

The Unique Identification Authority of India has asked for exemption from the Personal Data Protection Law. In an interaction with the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Data Protection Bill 2019 on Thursday at its office in Bengaluru, UIDAI functionaries said the authority is already being governed by the Aadhaar Act and there cannot be duplicity of laws. The Personal Data Protection …

Probe if BJP used Aadhaar data for polls: HC to UIDAI
3 years, 9 months ago

Probe if BJP used Aadhaar data for polls: HC to UIDAI

Hindustan Times  

The Madras high court on Thursday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India to probe whether the Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party used Aadhaar data to send bulk text messages for election campaigning. The court also said that the Election Commission of India should continue its examination on whether the model code of conduct was breached by the …

Want to Get Your Image Changed on Aadhaar Card? Here's How to do it
3 years, 9 months ago

Want to Get Your Image Changed on Aadhaar Card? Here's How to do it

News 18  

Every person living in India holds an Aadhaar card as it is one of the most important government identity proofs containing demographic and the biometric data of a person. One can know that the data and information available on the Aadhaar card can be updated or changed by visiting the UIDAI's official website or via the Aadhaar Enrolment Centre. Here …

Aadhaar leak won’t expose bank account to hacking: UIDAI
4 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar leak won’t expose bank account to hacking: UIDAI

Live Mint  

Leaking of Aadhaar numbers will not pose any hacking threat to bank accounts, said the Unique Identification Authority of India. By just getting an Aadhaar number or its information, no one can withdraw money from a bank account. Just as by merely knowing your ATM card number, no one can withdraw money from the ATM machine; by knowing your Aadhaar …

The Possible Aadhaar-NPR-NRC Link : A Cause For Concern?
4 years, 10 months ago

The Possible Aadhaar-NPR-NRC Link : A Cause For Concern?

Live Law  

Background The question still remains on the basis on which the Hyderabad police determined that these 127 holders are suspicious. The IIH project is fully operational and can track intimate personal details of residents including intimate personal details of 43 million of the state's 50 million residents: GPS coordinates of their homes, the medicines they use, the food rations they …

Media spreads fake news claiming UIDAI is asking for proof of citizenship
4 years, 10 months ago

Media spreads fake news claiming UIDAI is asking for proof of citizenship

Op India  

On Tuesday, several media reports claimed that the Hyderabad Regional Office of the Unique Identification Authority of India had sent notices to 127 people to ‘prove their citizenship’ after it had found that they had obtained Aadhaar card illegally. The New Indian Express also reported the same incident with a headline stating, “Prove your citizenship: UIDAI issues notices to more …

For a data firewall: The Hindu Editorial on need for a data protection law
4 years, 11 months ago

For a data firewall: The Hindu Editorial on need for a data protection law

The Hindu  

The report by a German cybersecurity firm that medical details of millions of Indian patients were leaked and are freely available on the Internet is worrying. Such information has the potential to be mined for deeper data analysis and for creating profiles that could be used for social engineering, phishing and online identity theft, among other practices that thrive on …

SC Issues Notice On Plea Against Amendment Allowing Use Of Aadhaar Data By Private Entities [Read Petition]
5 years, 1 month ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Against Amendment Allowing Use Of Aadhaar Data By Private Entities [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government and the Unique Identification Authority of India on a petition questioning the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar and Other Laws Act 2019, which allows private entities to use Aadhaar data of citizens.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and Justice B R Gavai was considering a. …

Aadhaar Is A National Asset; Sharing Information May Affect Security Interests: CIC [Read Order]
5 years, 4 months ago

Aadhaar Is A National Asset; Sharing Information May Affect Security Interests: CIC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Central Information Commission has held that Aadhaar is a national asset and sharing information pertaining to it can affect the security interest of Unique Identification Authority of India and may lead to incitement of an offence. The Complainant, one Anupam Saraph, had sought the following information from the Central Public Information Officer of the UIDAI by filing an RTI …

Aadhaar ordinance: SC asks Centre, UIDAI to respond to writ petition
5 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar ordinance: SC asks Centre, UIDAI to respond to writ petition

The Hindu  

A Supreme Court Bench led by Justice S.A. Bobde ordered the Centre and the Unique Identification Authority of India, the nodal Aadhaar authority, to respond to a writ petition challenging the new Aadhaar Ordinance and Regulations passed by the Lok Sabha, saying they will create a “surveillance State” and enable the database to be exploited by private players for commercial …

Penalty, jail term to private entities storing Aadhaar data
5 years, 6 months ago

Penalty, jail term to private entities storing Aadhaar data

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha cleared the Aadhaar and Other Laws Bill, 2019 by a voice vote on Thursday. The Bill replaces an Ordinance promulgated on March 2 and provides for a stiff ₹1 crore penalty and a jail term to private entities for storing Aadhaar data. Data protection Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, speaking about the …

Aadhaar just an ID, says Nandan Nilekani
5 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar just an ID, says Nandan Nilekani

Live Mint  

Infosys co-founder and former Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani on Monday said Aadhaar did not qualify as a tool for surveillance and privacy and it was just an ID. ".Especially privacy is used in the market sense where a business is not too much about you and, therefore, you can commercialise it," Nilekani said during an interactive …

Stolen Aadhaar data may have been used to remove voters from electoral roll: Report
5 years, 8 months ago

Stolen Aadhaar data may have been used to remove voters from electoral roll: Report

Firstpost  

Latest investigation finds that stolen data was allegedly being used to try and remove voters from electoral rolls, Last week, IT Grids, a company hired by the Telugu Desam Party for developing its Seva Mitra app, was found to be allegedly storing data of 7.82 crore Indians from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and another 2 crores from Punjab. Now as …

No breach of Aadhaar servers in IT Grids’ case: UIDAI
5 years, 8 months ago

No breach of Aadhaar servers in IT Grids’ case: UIDAI

Live Mint  

The Unique Identification Authority of India said Wednesday there is no evidence of breach of its servers in the recent case where private firm IT Grids was accused of obtaining details of 7.82 crore Aadhaar holders in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. "Nowhere in the report, the SIT has found any evidence to show that the Aadhaar number, name, address, etc., …

IT Grids Aadhaar data leak: UIDAI’s implicit acknowledgement of a large-scale data breach will be very welcome to anti-Aadhaar activists
5 years, 9 months ago

IT Grids Aadhaar data leak: UIDAI’s implicit acknowledgement of a large-scale data breach will be very welcome to anti-Aadhaar activists

Firstpost  

The increased focus on social media and technology as an enabler for the current elections meant that it was only a matter of time before reports of misuse of data for political purposes arose. The current report of finding 7.8 crore Aadhaar data records with IT Grids Pvt Ltd, which were for use in the Seva Mitra app, however, are …

Aadhaar data leak: Details of 7.82 cr Indians from AP and Telangana found on IT Grids' database
5 years, 9 months ago

Aadhaar data leak: Details of 7.82 cr Indians from AP and Telangana found on IT Grids' database

Firstpost  

There have been around 30 FIRs that have been filed by the UIDAI since the introduction of the Aadhaar Act 2016. The Telangana State Forensic Science Laboratory discovered this during its examination of the data recovered by the Telangana police from the premises of IT Grids Pvt Ltd, on the suspicion of breach of voter ID and Aadhaar data according …

Presidential assent to Aadhaar ordinance: 5 things to know
5 years, 10 months ago

Presidential assent to Aadhaar ordinance: 5 things to know

Live Mint  

As the Rajya Sabha could not consider the amendments in the Aadhaar Act 2016 during the budget session, President Ram Nath Kovind has approved an ordinance to allow voluntary use of the biometric ID as KYC proof for obtaining mobile SIM cards and opening bank accounts. Here are 5 things to know about the Aadhaar ordinance: 1) The ordinance allows …

Centre to seek advice on deletion of UID data
5 years, 11 months ago

Centre to seek advice on deletion of UID data

The Hindu  

The government will seek legal counsel on whether it can delete the biometric data of young people who choose to quit Aadhaar once they turn 18, UIDAI CEO and Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey told The Hindu. The Union Cabinet recently approved amendments to the Aadhaar Act, including a provision that gives a child, on attaining maturity, the power to …

Delhi HC Seeks UIDAI Response On Claims Of Tracing Missing Children Through Aadhaar Biometrics
5 years, 11 months ago

Delhi HC Seeks UIDAI Response On Claims Of Tracing Missing Children Through Aadhaar Biometrics

Live Law  

While an While an The authority said so in a counter-affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court in response to a PIL moved by advocate Amit Sahni seeking directions to the Centre and all the states to mandatorily scan the biometrics of the unidentified dead bodies and match it with pre-existed biometrics/Aadhaar details so that the body can be handed …

Jharkhand govt website exposes Aadhaar numbers of over 100,000 employees
5 years, 11 months ago

Jharkhand govt website exposes Aadhaar numbers of over 100,000 employees

Firstpost  

This is yet another case of government agencies using Aadhaar as a verification system, and not taking enough measures to secure the database online There is really no stopping irresponsible use of Aadhaar data. Employees using the Aadhaar biometric attendance system to mark their attendance, have their details exposed as the servers holding this information have been without a password …

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]
6 years ago

Calcutta HC Questions Non Verification Of Declarations Made During Aadhaar Enrollment [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has observed that is arbitrary to allow one sort of information establishing the identity of an individual to pass without verification during the Aadhaar enrollment process.A landlord had approached the high court alleging that an employee of his deceased tenant took advantage of the death of the tenant and alleged falsely that he was the son …

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 …

Govt Tables Bill to Allow Voluntary Use of Aadhaar for SIMs, Banks
6 years ago

Govt Tables Bill to Allow Voluntary Use of Aadhaar for SIMs, Banks

The Quint  

The bill seeks to amend the Aadhaar Act, 2016, the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002. The legislation proposes telecom service providers, apart from using Aadhaar for authentication, can also leverage offline verification, use of passport, or any other officially valid document or modes of identification as notified by the central Government. The amendments, according …

UIDAI cautions schools not to insist on Aadhaar for admission
6 years ago

UIDAI cautions schools not to insist on Aadhaar for admission

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Aadhaar issuing body UIDAI has asserted that schools cannot make the 12-digit biometric identifier a pre-condition for student admission and warned that doing so will be against the recent order of the Supreme Court. This is not as per the provisions of law.school admission and other facility to children cannot be made conditional to production of Aadhaar,” UIDAI …

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