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Chidambaram, Murthy spar over Aadhaar

Chidamabaram said the "government is completely deaf" to any reasoning against linking Aadhaar to everything under the sun

SC to hear pleas against Aadhaar linking today

The Centre had on December 7 told the apex court that the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes would shortly be extended till March 31 next year

Banks assure UIDAI of meeting stipulated 10% enrolment centre target by Dec

The current deadline for the banks to link customers' accounts to their Aadhaar is December 31, 2017

Willing to extend all Aadhaar linking deadlines to March 31: Centre to SC

Supreme Court has said it will hear Aadhaar pleas after concluding the Delhi-Centre matter

Over 500 missing children reunited with their family via Aadhaar: UIDAI CEO

Once Aadhaar is linked to more government programmes and subsidies, the savings could be $10 bn every year, added UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Much of opposition to Aadhaar mere nuisance: K J Alphons

Says the biometric-driven identification system is revolutionising the delivery of services in India

How to link your Aadhaar number with flight ticket for faster airport entry

Aadhaar number must be entered while booking the flight ticket

How to link Aadhaar to various financial instruments

The first step you need to take is link your mobile number to Aadhaar

Over 1,000 in Meghalaya want to opt out of Aadhaar as they were 'misled'

As on October 15, out of a targeted population of 32,30,132, 4,63,058 have been assigned Aadhaar numbers in Meghalaya

Aadhaar exposes 50 mn ghost accounts, 35 mn fake LPG connections: Goyal

Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal on Saturday asserted that Aadhaar has exposed five crore 'ghost accounts.'The minister asserted that since the government made Aadhaar mandatory, they have captured 3.5 crore Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections and 1.6 crore ration cards.Taking to Twitter, Goyal shared a video and said, "Aadhaar Exposes 5 Crore Ghost Accounts: Govt, after making Aadhaar mandatory, has captured fake 3.5 cr LPG connections & 1.6 cr ration cards."Goyal's tweet came a day after the Supreme Court was to hear a plea challenging the 'constitutional validity' of the Aadhaar Act.Earlier in October, the apex court had referred all Aadhaar cases to a five-judge Constitution bench to be formed by the end of November.The top court had also issued a notice to the Centre on a petition challenging mandatory linking of Aadhaar number with mobile connections and asked to file response within the next four weeks.Due to the increasing number of fraud cases, the Centre,

SC declines interim stay on linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobiles

Constitution Bench of SC to take up all Aadhaar-related pleas in the last week of November

Make strategic retreat

With every passing day, Aadhaar is acquiring a monstrosity of its own in the public mind space

Aadhaar linkage order burdens AMCs

Asset management companies (AMCs) are feeling the burden of the Association of Mutual Funds in India's (Amfi's) decision to make the Aadhaar citizen identification mandatory for investment. From January 1, Aadhaar details of customers, including existing ones, are to be mandatory for investment in MFs. Insiders told Business Standard this was an order to Amfi from the Union ministry of finance. "We just passed this on as an official communication to members," said an Amfi board member. He added no AMC was in favour, as this puts the onus on them to link Aadhaar. Most top officials preferred anonymity, as they did not want to be quoted against the new rules of the game.Swarup Mohanty, chief executive officer (CEO) of Mirae Asset, says, "The task of getting all investors to list their Aadhaar number with us is big. Failing which, the folios would enter into a freeze zone and no transactions would be allowed. We have started the process from this month and are already seeing a fair ...

Soon all pleas against Aadhaar to be heard by the Constitution Bench

It also asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to file the plea as an individual

SC to hear WB govt's plea against mandatory linking of Aadhaar on Oct 30

Several petitions, challenging the Centre's move to make Aadhaar mandatory for welfare schemes and notifications to link it with mobile numbers and bank accounts, are pending in the apex court

Don't have Aadhaar? You can still verify your mobile number. Here's how

As it looks to simplify the process of re-verification of existing mobile customers, the government will soon put in place a mechanism for authentication for those people, who don't have Aadhaar number and may also look at exploring an alternate method if some person is not willing to share his unique number with the mobile operators.According to sources, people who don't have Aadhaar number may be given an option to give their passport, driving licence or rashan card as the proof for authentication for address and identity. However, in case of a person, who has Aadhaar number but he is not willing to share it with telcos, the government may look at alternate ways for authentication but the method should be in conformity with the mandate of Supreme Court. The government will soon announce methods of authentication for people who don't have Aadhaar but it has not set a timeframe for devising the alternate mechanism for those who don't want to share their Aadhaar number.The Department ..

Aadhaar card not mandatory to get ration in Jharkhand: State food minister

Any card, including a driver's license and voter ID card or any specified card, is permissible for procuring food grains, he said

Only 2,300 bank branches open Aadhaar centres on premises

While Punjab National Bank has to open enrolment centres in 1,132 branches, it has not yet started any

Aadhaar helped govt save $9 bn by eliminating fraud: Nandan Nilekani

Around half a billion people have linked their Aadhaar ID to a bank account, claims UIDAI's ex-chairman

Aadhaar deadline extended

The extension is, however, only for those who are yet to apply for Aadhaar,