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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

Safeguarding the Aadhaar number

An overview of Aadhaar Act, 2016

Govt in process to make Aadhaar or passport must for flying

This comes amidst plans to create no-fly list

Five reasons why Aadhaar shouldn't be applied universally

Not only is your privacy stripped stark naked, the system itself is illegal and vulnerable

I-T filing: Aadhaar must for expats who stay for more than 6 months

Non-residents need not quote Aadhaar number in their income tax returns and for applying to permanent account numbers (PAN), the Income Tax Department clarified on Wednesday. This, however, may increase trouble for some of the assessees who have left the country.In terms of Aadhaar Act, 2016, those who have stayed in India for more than 182 days (almost six months) in a year preceding to application for Aadhaar are considered non-residents. The requirement of mandatorily quoting Aadhaar number is effective from July one this year. This means that only those who have stayed in India for more than almost six months from June 30, 2016 to July one, 2017 need to quote their Aadhaar number. That means that those who are in this territory and are required to file income tax returns but have left India will need to file returns for the assessment year 2017-18. Or else they will have to come back to file for Aadhar as it requires biometric detials, says Naveen Wadhwa of Taxmann. The other ...

Only those eligible for Aadhaar need to quote it in income tax returns

Aadhaar has been made mandatory for applying for PAN with effect from July 1, 2017

Aadhaar a definite step forward despite security concerns: Soumitra Dutta

Technology alone is not the point, India needs to focus on the impact of Aadhaar access and usage

Aadhaar should not be undermined by critics: Ashok Lavasa

Lavasa said for years Indians applauded developed economies which had common unique identification

Can't junk Aadhaar technology over complaints: Arun Jaitley

Aadhaar is a unique-identity number issued based on biometric, demographic data of Indian residents

Benefits of Aadhaar should not be undermined, says Finance Secretary Lavasa

Aadhaar should not be undermined as it has brought efficiency in public spending

Factcheck: Are ghost students really getting midday meals through Aadhaar?

Aadhaar compulsory for mid day meals: Within days stories of corruption in the scheme popped up

Dhoni's Aadhaar form leaked on Twitter, wife Sakshi complains to minister

Sakshi Dhoni tweeted to Ravi Shankar Prasad questioning privacy

Aadhaar important, not mandatory for any benefit: Ravi Shankar Prasad

If Aadhaar is not available, other identity proofs can be used to avail govt benefits, Prasad said

Opposition attacks Centre for being bully on Aadhaar

Bolstered by the Supreme Court saying that Aadhar should not be made mandatory for welfare schemes, the Opposition attacked the government for pushing the unique identity number a bit too far.Speaking during a debate on the finance bill in the Rajya Sabha, Congress member Kapil Sibal and CPI-M lawmaker Sitaram Yechury sought clarifications from finance minister Arun Jaitley why the government had made Aadhar mandatory for filing of income tax returns and for getting a PAN card.The apex court, however, said that it cannot stop the government from using the UID for activities such as filing tax returns and purchasing a sim card.Sibal accused the centre of violating the apex court order and warned the government that such data was vulnerable to hackers and could be used to make bank transactions. "When the Pentagon can be hacked why can't this be?" Sibal asked.Questioning the government's move to spread the Aadhar net far and wide, Sibal said the previous UPA regime introduced Aadhar ...

Aadhaar can't be made mandatory for social welfare schemes, says SC

Bench observed that government can make scheme compulsory for services like opening of bank accounts

Aadhaar not mandatory for social schemes, says Supreme Court

Govt has made Aadhaar mandatory to access benefits under various schemes

Aadhaar cannot be made compulsory for welfare benefits: SC to govt

The bench expressed inability in setting up of the seven-judge bench

DoT directs telcos to complete Aadhaar-based verification within a year

It further said that all licencees will have to inform existing subscribers - through advertisements