Page 36 - Aadhaar

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

Now Aadhaar made mandatory for mobile connections

Telcos directed to re-verify existing subscribers using Aadhaar based eKYC by Feb 6, 2018

Aadhaar linking to everything poses serious national security challenges

Linking Aadhaar to nearly everything creates a map of maps that is vulnerable at multiple points

PAN to lose its validity? Aadhaar may replace PAN for individuals in future

However, the income-tax department does not have any timeframe as of now for phasing out PAN