Tag: Aadhaar

Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that action is being taken against cow vigilantes and the party maintains that no one should take the law into their own hands. “Our message is loud and clear. Everyone must adhere to law and order. No one should take law in their own […]

Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI has finally announced a phased rollout of face recognition feature as an additional mode of authentication, starting with telecom service providers from September 15. The Authority had earlier planned to roll out face recognition feature from July 1, a target that was later pushed to August 1. It has also proposed a […]

New Delhi: An all-out war erupted on Twitter after TRAI chairman R S Sharma today disclosed his Aadhaar number on the microblogging site and challenged everyone to show how mere knowledge of the unique number could be used to harm him, triggering a deluge of tweets that claimed to disclose his personal details from PAN […]

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which had commenced the hearing on as many as 31 petitions, including one filed by former High Court judge K S […]

New Delhi: Telecom operators can issue new SIM cards without Aadhaar on the basis of alternate identity document like election voter ID or driving licence and the government will await Supreme Court’s order on re-verification of mobile subscribers using Aadhaar at a later date, a top DoT official said today. “As per rule, fresh connections […]

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made linking of national biometric ID Aadhaar to bank accounts mandatory as part of its updated ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ guidelines. This, however, will be subject to the final decision of the Supreme Court on making of Aadhaar mandatory, RBI said in a circular late last […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to pass an interim order extending the deadline of March 31 for linking of Aadhaar with the welfare schemes where benefits are transferred to citizens from the Consolidated Fund of India. The top court had on March 13 extended indefinitely the March 31 deadline for linking bank […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In what could be a relief for lakhs of students across India, the Supreme Court today directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) not to make Aadhaar number mandatory for enrollment of students appearing in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 and other all-India exams. A five-judge Constitution bench headed […]

New Delhi: The UIDAI has cautioned the public against going for plastic or laminated Aadhaar smart cards saying their unauthorised printing could render the QR code dysfunctional or even expose personal data without an individual’s informed consent. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) asserted that the Aadhaar letter, its cutaway portion, downloaded versions of […]

New Delhi: Nearly 14 crore out of the 30 crore Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) have so far been linked to the national digital identity-Aadhaar, according to a top government official. The situation on linking of bank accounts to the biometric identifier is better, with 70 percent of estimated over 100 crore accounts already been seeded, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services and welfare schemes till March 31 next year. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in an interim order, also modified its earlier order with regard to linking of Aadhaar with mobile services and […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the maintainability of a petition challenging the provision mandating linking of Aadhaar with PAN number and for filing income tax returns. The top court said it had already upheld the validity of an Income Tax Act provision making Aadhaar mandatory for the allotment of permanent account number […]

New Delhi: The government will not disconnect mobile connections which aren’t linked with Aadhaar, said Aruna Sundararajan, secretary in the department of telecommunications (DoT), on Wednesday. The department is waiting for the Supreme Court judgment on the Aadhaar issue to decide on the action to be taken in cases where people have Aadhaar but do […]

New Delhi: Indian Railways has increased the monthly cap on tickets booked on the ICRTC portal from six to 12 for Aadhaar-verified passengers, officials said. The move, which came into effect on October 26, is believed to be an innovative way for the railways to encourage passengers to link their Aadhaar numbers to their online […]

New Delhi: The government today extended the deadline for enrolling Aadhaar for availing subsidies and benefits of welfare schemes by three months to December 31. The extension of the deadline is, however, applicable for those who are yet to apply for the biometric identifier. Around 135 schemes (of 35 ministries) including free LPG to poor […]