Use of Aadhaar for its health insurance scheme desirable but not mandatory, govt clarifies
6 years, 6 months ago

Use of Aadhaar for its health insurance scheme desirable but not mandatory, govt clarifies

ABP News  

New Delhi: The government on Thursday clarified that Aadhaar is "desirable" but not mandatory to avail benefits under the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission. The clarification came after a section of the media reported that the Centre had published a gazette notification making Aadhaar mandatory for beneficiaries under its health insurance scheme. "Notification of the Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission being issued by the Health Ministry under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, merely enables the implementation agencies to ask for the beneficiary Aadhaar Card to authenticate their identity. The Health Ministry said that the draft notification also provides for exception handling mechanism -- production of alternative identification mechanisms such as ration card, voter ID card, MGNREGA card among others in case the beneficiary does not have Aadhaar number.

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New SIM Card Rules: Aadhaar-based biometric verification now mandatory
1 day, 11 hours ago

New SIM Card Rules: Aadhaar-based biometric verification now mandatory

India TV News  

The Prime Minister's Office has issued a critical directive to the Department of Telecommunications, mandating Aadhaar-based biometric verification for all new SIM card connections. Mandatory Aadhaar verification for SIM cards Previously, users could use any government ID, such as voter ID or passport, to obtain a new mobile connection. However, under the new rules, biometric verification via Aadhaar is now …

Assam Won't Give Aadhaar Card To Those Who Didn't Apply For NRC: CM Himanta
1 month ago

Assam Won't Give Aadhaar Card To Those Who Didn't Apply For NRC: CM Himanta

ABP News  

In an attempt to link the Aadhaar Card with the National Register of Citizens, the Assam government on Wednesday decided that all applications to get the unique identity card would be rejected if the applicant or the family had not applied in NRC. From now on, the General Administration Department of the state government will be the nodal agency to …

Aadhar Card Not Proof Of Age, But An Identity Document: Madhya Pradesh HC Reiterates, Directs State To Clarify To All Concerned Authorities
2 months ago

Aadhar Card Not Proof Of Age, But An Identity Document: Madhya Pradesh HC Reiterates, Directs State To Clarify To All Concerned Authorities

Live Law  

It thereafter said, " Let a copy of this order be sent to Chief Secretary, State of Madhya Pradesh for issuing notices to all the concerned authorities with regard to the legal sanctity of Aadhar Card thereby clarifying that Aadhar Card is not the document of age but it is merely a document of identity ". Similarly, different High Courts …

Aadhaar card is not proof of age, only identity, reiterates Madhya Pradesh high court
2 months ago

Aadhaar card is not proof of age, only identity, reiterates Madhya Pradesh high court

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh high court has ordered the state government to inform all authorities concerned in the state that Aadhaar was not a document of age but identity. Sahu cited a verdict by a coordinate bench of the court which ordered the state to consider the age according to Aadhaar and sought similar directions. Justice Ahluwalia, however, noted that the …

Fresh advisory soon on Aadhaar as date of birth proof
10 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Centre ‘deactivating’ Aadhaar cards to stop people from getting social benefits: Mamata
10 months, 4 weeks 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, …

CBIC Notifies Biometric-Based Aadhaar Authentication Through GST Seva Kendras Approved For Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

CBIC Notifies Biometric-Based Aadhaar Authentication Through GST Seva Kendras Approved For Andhra Pradesh

Live Law  

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has notified the biometric-based Aadhaar authentication through Goods and Services Tax Seva Kendras has been approved for Andhra Pradesh.At the 50th GST Council Meeting, which took place in New Delhi on July 11, 2023, it was suggested that a risk-based biometric Aadhar authentication pilot program be carried out in Gujarat. The Central …

Government mandates Aadhaar for disability IDs; activists say mechanism inaccurate
1 year, 3 months ago

Government mandates Aadhaar for disability IDs; activists say mechanism inaccurate

The Hindu  

Despite being pulled up by a House panel on the inability of the government’s UDID programme to accurately record the number of Persons with Disabilities in the country in real-time, the Union government has gone on to issue gazette notifications mandating each UDID applicant to either produce an Aadhaar card or show proof of having applied for one — irrespective …

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 …

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Aadhaar Number Not Mandatory For Electoral Rolls, Will Make Changes In Forms To Enrol New Voters: ECI Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Election Commission of India has given an undertaking to the Supreme Court that it will issue "appropriate clarificatory changes" in Forms 6 and 6B which required details of Aadhaar number for the purpose of electoral roll authentication for new voters.The senior counsel appearing for the Election Commission also told a bench comprising Chief Justice of India. The Election Commission …

Health Ministry defends PMJAY as CAG audit exposes multiple frauds
1 year, 5 months ago

Health Ministry defends PMJAY as CAG audit exposes multiple frauds

The Hindu  

With the Centre’s flagship health insurance taking fire over irregularities exposed by the Comptroller and Auditor General this week, the Health Ministry defended the scheme on Wednesday, saying that mobile numbers did not play any role in the verification of scheme beneficiaries. The CAG’s performance audit report, tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday, noted multiple cases of the Ayushman …

People Can’t Be Denied Benefits Of Welfare Schemes Only Because They Don’t Possess Aadhaar Card Or Mobile Number: Orissa High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

People Can’t Be Denied Benefits Of Welfare Schemes Only Because They Don’t Possess Aadhaar Card Or Mobile Number: Orissa High Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has cautioned both the Union and State Governments that they must not deny benefits of different welfare schemes to the needy people belonging to vulnerable sections only because they do not possess identity proof like Aadhaar Card or mobile number. While hearing a Public Interest Litigation pertaining to serious condition that has emerged in Jajpur district …

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 …

CBIC Amends The Rules Related To Biometric-Based Aadhaar Authentication And Risk-Based Physical Verification For GST Registration
1 year, 9 months ago

CBIC Amends The Rules Related To Biometric-Based Aadhaar Authentication And Risk-Based Physical Verification For GST Registration

Live Law  

The Central Board Of Indirect Taxes and Customs has amended the rules related to Aadhar Authentication and Biometric Verification Rules.The Board has notified the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2023 which shall be effective from 26th December 2022.The Board has substituted Rule 8 of the CGST Act, 2017.The date of submission of the application in cases shall be. The …

Union Minister Rijiju Responds to Question on Linkage of Aadhaar With Electoral Rolls in Rajya Sabha
1 year, 11 months ago

Union Minister Rijiju Responds to Question on Linkage of Aadhaar With Electoral Rolls in Rajya Sabha

News 18  

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha that Aadhaar is only one of several documents for authentication and identification for the purposes of purifying the electoral rolls. The law minister continued, “In the process, the electoral registration officer relies upon various documents and undertakes physical verification, and also disposes of objections if any. The Election Laws Act, 2021 …

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 …

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Voluntary; Voters' Names Won't Be Removed For Not Linking Voter ID With Aadhaar : Union Law Minister
2 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar-Voter ID Linking Voluntary; Voters' Names Won't Be Removed For Not Linking Voter ID With Aadhaar : Union Law Minister

Live Law  

On Friday, while responding to a very pointed question raised by three Members of Parliament, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that names of the voters whose voter IDs are not linked with Aadhaar will not be struck off from the voter list. Amidst allegations that the election authorities are mandating linking of Aadhaar with Voter IDs, in October, 2022, …

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 …

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Of India Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Aadhaar-Voter ID Card Linkage

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a petition challenging the power of the Election Commission of India to use the Aadhaar database in the process of deletion and updation of entries in the electoral roll. 28 of the Representation of People's Act, 1950 and the Registration of Electors Rules, 2022 and two notifications regarding Aadhaar-Voter Card …

Aadhaar number mandatory to get govt benefits-subsidies: UIDAI
2 years, 4 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 …

Aadhaar Number Now Essential to Avail Supplementary Nutrition Scheme
2 years, 5 months ago

Aadhaar Number Now Essential to Avail Supplementary Nutrition Scheme

News 18  

The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has said that an Aadhaar number is essential to avail of the supplementary nutrition scheme under the Integrated Child Development Scheme. To ensure no child is deprived of supplementary nutrition due to a lack of Aadhaar number, a mother’s Aadhaar card can be accessed to avail its benefits. “What is the need …

Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking
2 years, 6 months ago

Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking

Live Law  

The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has notified rules for allowing existing voters to use their Aadhaar number to authenticate the entry in the electoral roll.The Registration of Electors Rules, 2022, made by the Central Government in exercise of powers under Section 28 of the Representation of the People Act, after consulting the Election Commission of India, has a. …

'Question Of National Security,' Nearly 100 Aadhaar-Related FIRs Brought To UIDAI's Notice: Report
2 years, 7 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, 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. …

UIDAI’s Aadhaar advisory withdrawn after row erupts
2 years, 7 months ago

UIDAI’s Aadhaar advisory withdrawn after row erupts

Hindustan Times  

The government on Sunday withdrew the advisory cautioning people against sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar with any organisation over misuse risks. UIDAI said under the law, if a private entity should have a valid user licence from UIDAI to demand to see a person’s Aadhaar card or seek a photocopy of the card A press release by the Bengaluru Regional …

Should you share Aadhaar number or not? Here's what Govt says in two advisories
2 years, 7 months ago

Should you share Aadhaar number or not? Here's what Govt says in two advisories

Hindustan Times  

An advisory issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India, Bengaluru regional office warning people to not share Aadhaar numbers with any organisation triggered a row as the advisory said Aadhaar numbers can be misused. On Sunday, the UIDAI issued a clarification withdrawing the earlier statement and said Aadhaar card-holders should exercise normal prudence in using and sharing their Aadhaar …

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 …

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 …

Authorities Must Follow Centre's Policy That Aadhaar Isn't Mandatory For COVID Vaccination: Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Authorities Must Follow Centre's Policy That Aadhaar Isn't Mandatory For COVID Vaccination: Supreme Court

Live Law  

Recording the Centre's clarification that the Aadhaar card is neither mandatory for registration on the COWIN portal nor a precondition for availing of vaccination facilities at a COVID Vaccination Centre, and that any one of nine identity documents can be produced, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that all concerned authorities shall act in pursuance of this stated policy. The …

Aadhaar not mandatory on CoWIN portal for Covid vaccination, Centre to Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Aadhaar not mandatory on CoWIN portal for Covid vaccination, Centre to Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre Monday told the Supreme Court that Aadhaar card is not mandatory for registration on CoWIN portal for COVID-19 vaccination. The apex court took note of the submission and disposed of a plea filed by Siddharthshankar Sharma who claimed that Aadhaar card was being mandatorily insisted upon for administering COVID-19 vaccination on the CoWIN portal. "Pursuant to …

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 …

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar
3 years ago

Thinking before linking: On linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar

The Hindu  

An unwillingness to allow meaningful debate and invite wider consultation can undo even the progressive aspects of problematic legislation. On the face of it, the Bill’s objective — to purify the rolls and weed out bogus voters — may appear laudable, and the seeding of Aadhaar data with voter identity particulars may seem to be a good way of achieving …

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 Card Update: How to verify Aadhaar details of domestic worker, driver, tenant; check here
3 years, 5 months ago

Aadhaar Card Update: How to verify Aadhaar details of domestic worker, driver, tenant; check here

India Today  

The Aadhar Card is certainly one of the most important documents for every citizen of India. Though this feature was earlier available for government institutions and banks, now, even the general public can verify another person’s Aadhaar as a part of the background check. Steps to verify someone’s Aadhaar Step 1: Visit the official UIDAI website - www.resident.uidai.gov.in/verify. Step 5: …

Aadhaar Card Update: How to Verify Aadhaar Online to Prevent Frauds
3 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar Card Update: How to Verify Aadhaar Online to Prevent Frauds

News 18  

Aadhaar cards are universal for all Indian citizens and with that comes the threat of fraud activity. Here are the steps Aadhaar cardholders can take to ensure they protect themselves against fraud: Step 1: Go to the official UIDAI portal and on the top right side of the website, select the ‘My Aadhaar’ option from the drop-down menu. Step 2: …

Aadhaar Card Download to Address Change: Avail 35 Services on mAadhaar App from Home
3 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar Card Download to Address Change: Avail 35 Services on mAadhaar App from Home

News 18  

Making sure that one’s Aadhaar card is updated is a very important task as the card is linked to everything from our phone number to our bank accounts, cars, electricity and so on. 3) Services: The services of the mAadhaar app are classified into three main groups – ‘The Main Service Dashboard’, ‘Request Status Services’ and the ‘My Aadhaar’ section. …

Took Covid vaccine using Aadhaar? Your National Health ID has been created without your permission
3 years, 7 months ago

Took Covid vaccine using Aadhaar? Your National Health ID has been created without your permission

India Today  

More than 19 crore Indians have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to date, as per the latest data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As per information shared on the NDHM website, health IDs will help "standardise the process of identification of an individual across healthcare providers." The website clearly indicates that once generated, these Health IDs will be …

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 …

Aadhaar not mandatory for birth, death registration, clarifies Registrar General of India
4 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar not mandatory for birth, death registration, clarifies Registrar General of India

The Hindu  

The provision of Aadhaar is not mandatory for the registration of births and deaths, the Registrar General of India has clarified in a recent reply to an RTI request. In its reply last week, posted on Twitter by LiveLaw, the RGI referred to an April 2019 circular to clarify that “the requirement of Aadhaar number is not mandatory for the …

Legal notice to Kerala government for making Aadhaar mandatory for ILGMS log in
4 years, 3 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, 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 …

'Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Rules' Notified [Read Rules]
4 years, 5 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 …

Government preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID
4 years, 11 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
4 years, 11 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 …

From April 1, Aadhaar must for welfare pension in Odisha
5 years ago

From April 1, Aadhaar must for welfare pension in Odisha

The Hindu  

The Odisha government has announced that from April 1 only beneficiaries with Aadhaar card will be given pension under the National Social Assistance Programme and the Madhubabu Pension Yojana. ‘Ensuring transparency’ In a letter addressed to all collectors, Bhaskar Sarma, secretary, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department, said: “Aadhaar seeding needs to be enhanced to 100% immediately …

Aadhaar made mandatory for PMVVY pension scheme
5 years ago

Aadhaar made mandatory for PMVVY pension scheme

The Hindu  

The government has made Aadhaar mandatory for subscribers of the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana, a pension scheme for senior citizens. “An individual eligible for receiving the benefit under the scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication,” according to a finance ministry notification. In cases where Aadhaar authentication fails due …

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. …

Cabinet approves amendments to Aadhaar Bill
5 years, 5 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 …

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