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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

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