Tag: Aadhaar

New Delhi: The Income Tax department is unlikely to extend the August 31 deadline for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar. Earlier this month, the IT department had extended the deadline till August 31, but cautioned that returns would not be processed until the ‘linkage of Aadhaar with PAN is done’. The deadline was […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Quotation of Aadhaar has been made mandatory while applying for death certificates in all states except Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya and Assam with effect from October 1, 2017, a statement from the Home Ministry said today. A person applying for the death certificate must quote the deceased’s Aadhaar number or else would be […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The deadline for linking Aadhaar with Permanent Account Number (PAN) was extended by the Central Government on Monday. The Aadhaar-PAN linking can now be done till August 31. The decision was taken after a joint meeting of Revenue department and CBDT officials held in the finance ministry yesterday. Central Board of Direct Taxes […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Students opting for courses online may soon get degrees from the University Grants Commission (UGC). Under its new draft of regulations for Online Education, the UGC is mulling over offering degrees for online courses and is seeking public feedback over the same which can be given by August 18. The new regulations will […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the poor turnout of the candidates from Odisha in the online registration for the JEE Main examination scheduled on April 2 next year as Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made Aadhaar card mandatory for students at the time of their registration, the state government has requested the CBSE chairperson […]

Bhubaneswar: To facilitate the students of the state having no Aadhaar card which has been made mandatory by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for the JEE Main examinations scheduled on April 2, the Odisha government had made elaborate arrangements. “CBSE has made Aadhaar card mandatory for students at the time of their registration […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, which had taken part in the all India Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main examination this year, will also take part in the test scheduled on April 2 next year. However, submission of Aadhaar card details at the time of applying for the JEE Main has been made mandatory this time by […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Centre that Aadhaar is not a panacea for all ills in the system like corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, leakage of subsidies and terrorism, and wondered how far it can cast the net of Aadhaar. Saying that “Aadhaar is not a catch for all frauds”, the […]

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with the disbursal of benefits including subsidies under the social welfare schemes by three more months, till June 30. The earlier deadline was March 31. The decision came a day after the government also extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN for […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Aadhaar has lent “great strength” to the country’s development and benefits that were earlier going into the wrong hands are reaching the intended beneficiaries. “Aadhaar has added great strength to India’s development,” Modi said while addressing the 70th foundation day of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). […]

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday said it was soon going to roll out face authentication as an additional security feature for Aadhaar verification. The new feature, likely to be introduced by July, would make it convenient for those who have difficulty in authentication through fingerprints or iris. However, the face […]

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday introduced ‘Virtual ID’ (VID) to safeguard Aadhaar cardholders’ data. VID will be a 16-digit, randomly-generated number which can be used for authentication instead of the original Aadhaar number, according to UIDAI. This is how VID works: VID will be a temporary, revocable 16-digit random […]

New Delhi: Facebook has begun testing a feature with a set of new users in India where they are being asked to enter names as per their Aadhaar details. The social media giant, however, is not asking new users to give their Aadhaar number but just the name as written on their Aadhaar cards. “This […]

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India, (UIDAI) which had temporarily suspended telecom major Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank’s “Aadhaar linked e-KYC” services for alleged misuse has now allowed it to resume services. “Further to our statement dated December 16, 2017, we would like to confirm that the UIDAI has allowed Bharti Airtel […]

Chennai: India’s insurance regulator on Monday extended the time to link Aadhaar number to insurance policies till March 31, 2018. In a circular issued on Monday to all the life, non-life (including standalone health insurers) the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said the date of submission of the Aadhaar Number and Permanent […]