13338 - Aadhaar Arrticles Dated 21st April 2018

	RBI makes Aadhaar linking of bank accounts mandatory The Hindu The Reserve Bank of India on Friday directed commercial banks to make linking of Aadhaar to bank accounts mandatory, at a time when the Supreme Court is in the final leg of hearings on the contentious issue. However, the banking regulator clarified that these guidelines were subject to the verdict in ... RBI makes Aadhaar key to KYC compliance - Times of India
	SC to hear Aadhaar-voter ID link PIL after verdict on pleas challenging Aadhaar Moneycontrol.com The Supreme Court today said that it will hear a petition seeking linking of Aadhaar cards with voter identity cards and property documents after it verdict on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the 12-digit unique identification number. The plea, filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini ...
	Litigants complain of HC insisting on Aadhaar card The Hindu Litigants who regularly file cases in the Madras High Court and argue them in person without engaging lawyers have begun to complain that the Registry was now insisting upon them to produce photocopies of their Aadhaar as well as PAN cards as a precondition to number their cases. A. Narayanan of ...
	No need to link Aadhaar, ration cards: State govt. The Hindu Mumbai: The Congress protested outside the Churchgate office of the Controller of Rationing and the Director, Civil Supplies Dilip Shinde, demanding that Aadhaar and ration cards be delinked. In a two-hour meeting with Mr. Shinde, a party delegation led by Congress city president Sanjay Nirupam ...
	Students' Aadhaar numbers found uploaded on website The Sangai Express According to Section 29(4) Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefit and Subsidies) Act 2016, displaying Aadhaar number of any citizen in any public domain, order or circular is illegal, and all those individuals/agencies involved in committing such unlawful act are liable to ...
	Aadhaar now must for 9th, 11th students in UP government schools Times of India LUCKNOW: Now, Aadhaar will be must for students in class VI, IX and XI in government schools in Uttar Pradesh. In a meeting with district inspectors of schools (DIOS) through video-conferencing on Friday, deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma instructed them to link student's Aadhaar number at the ...
	RBI Puts Aadhaar At Center Of KYC Process Subject To SC Ruling BloombergQuint The Reserve Bank of India has updated its master direction on KYC or 'Know Your Customer' norms, putting Aadhaar at the center of the due diligence process. Any change in norms, however, will be subject to a final decision by the Supreme Court on matters related to Aadhaar, the banking regulator ... KYC norms: RBI makes Aadhaar-bank accounts linking mandatory - International Business Times, India Edition Aadhaar crucial to KYC compliance: RBI - The Hans India RBI makes Aadhaar card must for KYC but says new norms 'subject to final judgement' - Times Now
	80% adult Indians now have bank accounts, thanks to Aadhaar, Jan Dhan Yojna, says World Bank Financial Express In India, 80% adult Indians now have bank accounts and the World Bank says it has been made possible due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jan Dhan Yojna and verification through Aadhaar. The World Bank latest Global Findex Database showed that in India 80% of adult Indians have bank ...
	Hospitals insist on Aadhaar for services Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad: The Aadhaar card continues to be embedded in controversy as hospitals still ask for the Aadhaar card at the time of admitting a patient. Despite clear instructions by the UIDAI that public services cannot be denied for patients without an Aadhaar card, it still seems to be linked to medical ...
	Modi government's Aadhaar endeavor applauded by World Bank OpIndia Hailing India's Aadhaar digital ID, the World Bank has said the initiative is estimated to be saving the government about $1 billion annually(₹650 crore) a year by reducing corruption and leakage for the Indian government. It is a help in fiscal budgeting. It is a help in providing other useful services,” World ...
	Aadhaar enrolment in Meghalaya at 23.42% Morung Express Giving a statement relating to a call attention notice by KHNAM MLA Adelbert Nongrum, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that those who wish to opt for Aadhaar enrolment have to provide their EPIC ID from Meghalaya only and in case of no EPIC ID, writing from headman (Rangbah Shnong/Nokma) ...
	How the humble postman will bring banking to your doorstep Economic Times They can also use his services to receive subsidy payments through Aadhaar Pay or BHIM. The trust of people that post offices and postmen enjoy, the department hopes, will help IPPB make its presence felt at the ground level and bring individuals and small business into the formal financial system.
	IMF praises Aadhaar and GST, says reforms carried out by Modi govt bearing fruit Daily News & Analysis The reforms carried out by India has been bearing fruits and benefiting people, but more needs to be done for sustained growth, a top IMF official has said. The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), despite a bumpy road, is going to help secure the solidity of foundation of public finances, ...
	SC set to hear Aadhaar-voter ID link PIL Free Press Journal New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear a petition seeking linking of Aadhaar cards with voter identity cards and property documents after it verdict on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the 12-digit unique identification number. The plea, filed by advocate and BJP ...
	Dimapur admin. vets unauthorised Aadhaar outlets Eastern Mirror The administration reminded that the Nagaland government had authorised Aadhaar enrolment to be carried out only at designated centres: DC office in Dimapur, ADC office of Niuland and Medziphema; SDO (c) offices of Dhansiripar, Kuhuboto and EAC office of Chumukedima, and at free of cost.
	How senior citizens can avail more benefits on Indian Railways; IRCTC offering 50% concession Zee Business The Indian Railways have, from time-to-time, introduced various facilities for senior citizens. Right from concession on ticket fare to reserved seats, the railways has taken care of elderly in a systematic manner. However, considering Aadhaar has become a major basis for availing benefits on booking ...
	Gultoo director Janardhan Chikkanna discusses the cyber-crime thriller, Sonu Gowda's performance Firstpost The most important details about the movie, which deal with the Aadhaar scheme, weren't revealed during the promotional phase. There were just hints about Gultoo being a cyber-crime thriller. Were you afraid of getting attacked by the government? I didn't want to talk about the plot of the movie before ...
	Can India make a universal basic income work? Livemint With reports of authentication failures and exclusion errors due to Aadhaar, significant progress also needs to be made on this front before large-scale ... For direct transfers to be implemented successfully, steps such as digitization of plots, linking them with Aadhaar and bank accounts, tenancy reforms, ...
	Maharashtra: Government starts two new schemes for women to curb mortality rate Free Press Journal A senior official said those who want to be a beneficiary under these schemes should have an Aadhaar card to gain access to the schemes. On March 31, the official from Women and Child Welfare secretary, Maharashtra, Vinita Ved Singhal, sent a letter to all concern officials stating malnutrition in the ...
	HIGHLIGHTS AT 2100 HRS India Today New Delhi: The Congress, which spearheaded an unprecedented move to impeach the Chief Justice of India today, had in fact opposed such proceedings initiated 25 years when it was in power. LGD21 SC-AADHAAR VOTER ID. SC to hear Aadhaar-voter ID link PIL after verdict on pleas challenging ... India's Top Judge Faces Challenge Amid New Judicial Crisis - BloombergQuint Probe unlikely, but judicial work in Constitution benches to be hit - The New Indian Express
	How an SHG in TN is empowering these trans women in the face of govt apathy The News Minute As Babilona asks 26-year-old Monika to fetch a folder which contains their Aadhaar cards, she mentions that identity has become a problem, quite literally, in accessing basic needs. She lays out the Aadhar cards in front of us – all of them display pictures of the trans women before their transition.
	RTE: 2.33 lakh children eligible for 1.52L seats Deccan Herald Of these, 79,685 are available for LKG and 74,232 for Class I. Applicants were permitted to submit applications either with the EID numbers or Aadhaar cards. This year, the department received as many as 1,905 applications under the special category. However, of these, only 418 were eligible and the ...
	Digital bribes to voters big concern Deccan Herald In this context, a great danger to electoral democracy is posed by the possibility of Aadhaar numbers being used to transfer money to bank accounts linked to those numbers. Election managers have always been a step ahead of the commission in these matters. The CEC has himself admitted that bribes ...
	'If not Kohinoor, give us Vijay Mallya': Check out these memes on PM Modi meeting Queen Elizabeth Daily News & Analysis One tweet read, "Queen: Kya chahiye Modi ji ? Modi: Humein naa Mallya chahiye naa Kohinoor ! Q: Fir kyu aye ho yahaan ? M: Bas aapka #Aadhaar Card link hona chahiye". "Queen : 2 saal beet gaye. Modi : 2 saal, 5 mahine, 6 din ! #PMInLondon ", read another tweet. PM Modi met the Queen on when ...
	VVPAT, EVMs secure, assures CEO The New Indian Express BENGALURU: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for Karnataka Sanjiv Kumar assured that contrary to rumours, the VVPAT and EVM machines cannot be hacked or tampered with. Speaking at the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), Kumar clarified that there were calls for ...