Page 35 - Aadhaar

Aadhaar isn't progress - it's dystopian

India should pause further roll out of Aadhaar until a law protecting individual security is passed

Age proof not mandatory for Aadhaar enrolment: UIDAI official

Aadhaar is to authenticate existence of person with help of his biometric details: UIDAI official

Tarnishing Aadhaar

Govt should not overuse the Unique ID

SC to hear plea against making Aadhaar mandatory for schemes on May 17

Several petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar are pending in the apex court

Income Tax dept launches new e-facility to link your Aadhaar with PAN

The OTP will be sent on the registered mobile number and email of the individual

Weekly Aadhaar seeding target for lenders set

Depositors' consent is required for seeding

Aadhaar vs security: Is the biometric system a tool for surveillance?

The scheme has so far enrolled 1.13 billion Indians and residents of India

Govt cannot 'belittle' Supreme Court order holding Aadhaar voluntary

SC said it is yet to be "tested" whether Aadhaar violated protection of life and personal liberty

Soon, you may enter airports without ID, check in with Aadhaar

Govt has asked Wipro to look at building integrated platform for Aadhaar to improve check-in process

Aadhaar for PAN to check terror finance, black money: Govt to Supreme Court

The Attorney General claimed that due to Aadhaar, the Centre has saved over Rs 50,000 crore

Is your bank account safe? Govt sites may have exposed 100 mn accounts

The estimated number of Aadhaar numbers leaked through 4 govt portals could be around 130-135 mn

Mobile phones, Aadhaar might soon be gateway for air travel

Under 'digi yatra,' civil aviation ministry will make boarding pass, security interactions digital

After Jharkhand issue, Centre cautions states against Aadhaar data leak

IT Ministry has also asked the states to review website content of various departments

Aadhaar made mandatory to ensure poor get food: Centre to HC

Aadhaar is mandatory for PDS, as this system is mostly misused in our country, says Sanjay Jain

Centre to SC: Cows need Aadhaar-like identification too

Centre has made a proposal to the Supreme Court recommending a 12-digit unique aadhaar number

Aadhaar data leak in Jharkhand raises doubts, again: Here are the details

Data were easily traceable till Saturday evening; the website was blocked later in the day

Not just a privacy issue; Aadhaar will hurt the poor

Twenty-one databases are being linked with NATGRID, with Aadhaar as a unique identifier

Oppn slams Centre for making Aadhaar mandatory

New Delhi, April 10Several opposition members today criticized the Centre's move to make Aadhaar mandatory for schemes like mid-day meal for school children, while Information Technology and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad maintained that Aadhaar remained voluntary and is being made foolproof. Prasad said 34,000 operators have been blacklisted since 2010, including 1,000 operators since December, for polluting the system.Opposition members argued that Aadhaar has become a tool of "exclusion". During a discussion on the issue in the Rajya Sabha, Congress member Jairam Ramesh argued that Aadhaar has increasingly become an instrument of exclusion, with up to 25 per cent intended beneficiaries of government schemes not receiving benefits. "What sterilisation was to the Emergency, Aadhaar seeding is becoming to your Government," Ramesh said.Several other opposition members, particularly Trinamool Congress member Derek O'Brien, highlighted the dangers of Aadhaar data being compromised, or .

Aadhaar is robust, safe, secure and totally accountable, says Prasad

World is appreciating it, something which is giving result needs to be respected, says IT Minister

Website launched for govt map download, but Aadhaar mandatory

Using Aadhaar number, a person can download three maps every day from the portal launched