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Aadhaar mandatory for students appearing for JEE in 2017

Online application process starts from December 1, last date for application January 2, 2017

Matrimonial website, Aadhaar authority join hands for checks on fake profiles

The user verification on the website will also ensure a five-step verification through social media portals like Facebook, LinkedIn, e-mail and mobile.

Aadhaar mandatory for subsidised LPG

Oil marketing firms to help citizens enroll for unique identity number

Aadhaar can't be mandatory, reiterates Supreme Court

Government says it has established a legal bypass with new Aadhaar-related laws

Govt to link all ration cards to Aadhaar by end-FY17

Fingerprint failure reports of existing Aadhaar-linked PDS cases not revealed

Google, Apple lock horns with govt over Aadhaar

Failure to join the initiative could queer the pitch for global tech giants in the country

India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firms

They are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones

Should government make Aadhaar compulsory for all transactions?

On Thursday, parliamentarians cutting across party lines opposed the Union government's move to make Aadhaar mandatory for all its beneficiary schemes. However, a review of the numbers enrolled under Aadhaar suggests the government should only make Aadhaar mandatory for receiving benefits of all its schemes in states where the coverage is 100 per cent or near complete. The data suggest that of the 36 states, only 15 have Aadhaar coverage of over 90 per cent. The Northeastern states have the lowest number of people under Aadhaar. Major states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are still in the coverage range of 60 to 80 per cent. Many have also contested the Union government's claims of saving money using Aadhaar or direct benefits transfers by calling the latter's figures exaggerated. Here is a list of states with the extent of Aadhaar coverage

Oppn forces RS adjournment protesting Aadhaar-linked benefits

House was first adjourned till noon, then for about 15 minutes and once again till 2 pm

Aadhaar law will ensure DBT reaches genuine beneficiaries: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said DBT ensures that benefits reach targeted population and helps in reducing leakages

Aadhaar to be linked with caste, domicile certificates

The responsibility for issuance of residency and caste certificate is with the state governments and Union territories

Give priority to pensioners for seeding Aadhaar: Government to banks

Special camps are being held to facilitate recording of Aadhaar numbers in pensioners' accounts till June 10 in pension disbursing banks

IT ministry cautions Flipkart, Amazon against collecting buyer's Aadhaar details

It also claimed entities were fleecing unsuspecting people by charging up to Rs 200 to get their Aadhaar cards printed

Finishing touch

While announcing that one billion Indians were registered under Aadhaar, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday thanked Nandan Nilekani, former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, and R S Sharma, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, for the success of the Aadhaar project. When asked why he didn't thank the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that conceptualised the project, he said, "We do things in a better way - achchey se - while they (UPA) only start things. This is why the people of the country have brought us here."

A billion Indians under Aadhaar: Here's what should worry us

While Aadhaar promises to be a boon for delivery of government support, the concerns around privacy and data protection leave much to be desired

Aadhaar enrollment crosses 1 billion mark: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad said everyday more than 5-7 lakhs people get enrolled, becoming largest online digital identity platform in world

In a first, DCB Bank offers ATM transactions sans PIN

Customers can now transact in the ATM using their biometric details

Aadhaar set to cross 100 cr mark, aims to boost govt plans

As per UIDAI website, 99.91 crore is the total number of Aadhaars issued as on date

Aadhaar is like drone warfare versus hand to hand combat, profiling becomes all that more eaiser: Usha Ramanathan

Interview with independent law researcher

Auditing Aadhaar

Need open deliberation on systems to avoid misuse