Firstpost - 24 minutes ago
Aizawl - RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling on use of Aadhaar card in more schemes and said it will help financial inclusion drive and in providing easy access to loans. "The Supreme Court ruling today on ...
India Today - 1 hour ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes, including MGNREGA, all kinds of pension schemes and the provident fund. Harish V Nair | | Mail Today | New Delhi, October 16, 2015 | UPDATED 08:49 IST ...
Daily News & Analysis - 2 hours ago
The social welfare schemes, aimed at reaching to the door steps of the "poorest of the poor", were in addition to LPG and PDS schemes in which the apex court had allowed the voluntary use of Aadhaar cards. Supreme Court permits 'voluntary' use of ...
Business Today - 2 hours ago
The social welfare schemes were in addition to the LPG and PDS schemes in which SC had announced the voluntary use on Aug 11. Photo: Reuters. WE RECOMMEND. Sept exports fall 24.3% on weak global demand · 5 things to know about proposed ...
Firstpost - 2 hours ago
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday relaxed its earlier order to extend use of Aadhaar card on voluntary basis in social welfare schemes like the rural job guarantee scheme, old age pensions, provident fund and Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana.
Times of India - 4 hours ago
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's order to allow use of Aadhaar identity in four more schemes like the flagship financial inclusion Jan Dhan Yojana -- taking the total to six -- has provided some relief to the government but the Centre hopes unique ...
Financial Express - 6 hours ago
In the 2013 order, the apex court had directed that “no person should suffer for not getting the Aadhaar card, in spite of the fact that some authority had issued a circular making it mandatory”. By: FE Bureau | October 16, 2015 4:14 AM ...
Daily Mail - 7 hours ago
In a reprieve for the Modi government, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes, including MGNREGA, all kinds of pension schemes, and the provident fund, besides ambitious NDA flagship programmes ...
Economic Times - 7 hours ago
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the government to expand the use of Aadhaar-based verification to a few more services for now, even as it decided to set up a nine-judge bench to consider the legal validity of the biometric ...
Times of India - 9 hours ago
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed citizens to voluntarily use Aadhaar cards to avail benefits under four schemes and also promised that the absence of an Aadhaar card would not disallow people from benefiting from these schemes.
Business Standard - 9 hours ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday modified its order on the use of Aadhaar identity cards, bringing within its fold four additional social welfare benefit schemes - provident fund and pension schemes, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ...
Business Standard - 10 hours ago
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling on the use of Aadhaar cards in more schemes and said it would help in financial inclusion and provide easy access to loans. “The ruling today will be ...
NDTV - 10 hours ago
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today welcomed Supreme Court ruling on use of Aadhaar card in more schemes and said it will help in financial inclusion drive and providing easy access to loans. "The Supreme Court ruling today on Aadhaar card will be ...
Hindustan Times - 11 hours ago
The apex court constitution bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu modified the order on a batch of applications by the central government. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo). Tweet. The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the voluntary use of Aadhaar cards to ...
Economic Times - 13 hours ago
NEW DELHI: Lifting its earlier restriction, the Supreme today permitted voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes that also included MGNREGA, all pension schemes and the provident fund besides ambitious flagship programmes like 'Pradhan ...
The Hindu - 13 hours ago
Noting that the authorities cannot insist on a citizen to produce his Aadhaar card, the Supreme Court on Thursday extended the voluntary use of the card to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), all types of pensions ...
Moneycontrol.com - 14 hours ago
With an UIDAI number, a person will be able to open a bank account as it will work as an identification document and will help in easier access to loans, he added. Raghuram Rajan. Governor, RBI. More about the Expert... Google +. Comments (1). Like ...
Daily News & Analysis - 14 hours ago
With an UIDAI number, a person will be able to open a bank account as it will work as an identification document and will help in easier access to loans. Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India PTI. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday ...
The Indian Express - 14 hours ago
"I think that this Supreme Court ruling today on Aadhar will be quite helpful in making it possible for us to use Aadhar in banking services," said Rajan. Like · X Dislike · Share · Twitter. Comments. Written by Adam Halliday | Aizawl | Published ...
Business Standard - 14 hours ago
The Supreme Court today took note of Centre's plea that Aadhaar cards be allowed to be used "voluntarily" for welfare programmes other than PDS and LPG schemes and asked whether it can assure that nobody would be at a "disadvantageous" position for ...
The Indian Express - 18 hours ago
A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice H L Dattu, however, clarified that linking of Aadhaar for providing these services will only be on voluntary basis and no person shall be deprived of any benefit for want of Aadhaar. Like · X Dislike · Share ...
Daily News & Analysis - 16 hours ago
The apex court has now said that voluntary use of Aadhaar card for schemes like MGNREGA, all types of pension schemes, PM's Jan Dhan Yojana and EPF is allowed. Aadhaar card dna. The Supreme Court on Thursday modified its October 8 order ...
Moneycontrol.com - 17 hours ago
However, the court has reiterated that people without Aadhar can not be placed in a disadvantageous position. Ashmit Kumar. Reporter, CNBC-TV18. More about the Expert... Google +. Comments (1). Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3.
NDTV - 17 hours ago
New Delhi: The Aadhaar Card may be used to avail government schemes including employment guarantee, pension and bank accounts, the Supreme Court said today. Earlier, as per the court's order, the card could have been used only voluntarily for ...
Financial Express - 17 hours ago
SC extends voluntary use of Aadhaar card for schemes like MGNREGA, all types of pension schemes, PM's Jan Dhan Yojana and EPF. By: Agencies | New Delhi | October 15, 2015 4:57 PM. G+. Supreme Court. SC extends voluntary use of Aadhaar card for ...
IBNLive - 17 hours ago
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the voluntary use of Aadhar cards which would not make it mandatory to posses the unique identification card in order to avail benefits under social welfare schemes. The move comes after the Centre on ...
Hindu Business Line - 17 hours ago
Lifting its earlier restriction, the Supreme Court today permitted voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes that also included MGNREGA, all pension schemes and the provident fund besides the NDA Government's flagship programmes such as the ...
Livemint - 17 hours ago
Aadhaar is purely voluntary and not mandatory till the matter is decided by the Supreme Court. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint. New Delhi: In a small but significant win for the government, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the use of the Aadhaar ...
India Today - 18 hours ago
A five-judge Supreme Court bench on Thursday allowed the use of the Aadhaar card, a development that comes as a huge relief for the government which had petitioned the apex court to extend its ambit. IndiaToday.in | New Delhi, October 15, 2015 | Edited ...
Times of India - 18 hours ago
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave huge relief to the Centre by permitting voluntary use of Aadhaar card by citizens to avail benefits under MGNREGA, pension, PF and PM Jandhan Yojna schemes. A 5-Judge bench headed by Chief Justice ...
Business Standard - 20 hours ago
In a move aimed at comprehensively dealing with the privacy issues surrounding Aadhaar, the Narendra Modi-led government might take legislative action to institutionalise stricter guidelines regarding, who could access the central Aadhaar database and ...
NDTV - Oct 14, 2015
New Delhi: In a last ditch attempt before the issue moves to a larger Constitutional bench, the government on Wednesday made a fresh pitch before Supreme Court for allowing voluntary use of Aadhaar cards for welfare schemes, saying it was prepared to ...
Economic Times - Oct 14, 2015
NEW DELHI: Aadhaar is far more secure in ensuring privacy than some social media apps and mobile phones in today's digital world, the government told the Supreme Court, as it wants the top court to permit wider use of the databank containing citizens' ...
Times of India - Oct 14, 2015
NEW DELHI: Desperate to make Aadhaar usage universal to optimize implementation of welfare schemes, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was ready to promise in writing that it would be completely voluntary for citizens to obtain and ...
The Hindu - Oct 14, 2015
What harm can Aadhaar do when the right to privacy of an Indian citizen has become a futile notion in an era when Facebook can track every detail, thought and movement through its WhatsApp software application, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi asked a ...
The Indian Express - Oct 14, 2015
It is for the first time that the government or the UIDAI has disclosed that a mechanism exists under which a card holder can choose to block the biometric information linked to his Aadhaar card. Google +. Comments. Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi ...
Business Standard - Oct 14, 2015
A five-judge constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu, on Wednesday started hearing the Centre's petition to modify its earlier order on Aadhaar and the main question which fell from the judges was whether the identity ...
Livemint - Oct 14, 2015
New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by chief justice H.L. Dattu began hearing arguments in the Aadhaar case on Wednesday. Two separate references were made to a constitution bench in the case—one seeking ...
Moneycontrol.com - Oct 14, 2015
The statement was made by a five judge constitutional bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The bench is hearing the case on the application as well as implementation of Aadhaar. Ashmit Kumar. Reporter, CNBC-TV18. More about the Expert.
Business Standard - Oct 14, 2015
The centre on Wednesday told Supreme Court that the use of the Aadhaar card will be voluntary. The centre said the government's "highest functionary" would file an affidavit in the apex court stating that possessing an Aadhar card would not be ...
Financial Express - Oct 13, 2015
Officials who have designed the blueprint for utilisation of Aadhaar card say that the Narendra Modi govt should have forcefully stated that Aadhaar usage is compliant with the Information Technology Act, 2000 in the Supreme Court. By: Santosh Tiwari ...
Times of India - Oct 13, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar system's data collection and storage is strongly protected by sophisticated encryption processes to ensure biometric data does not leak either through private contractors running enrollment centres or at the central data servers ...
BLR Eagle - 33 minutes ago
The Supreme Court (SC) ruling in making use of of Aadhaar card in additional schemes was welcomed by Raghuram Rajan, the RBI Governor and for this brilliant ruling he said that now the Aadhaar will certainly help in expanding banking system, which ...
Niticentral - 1 hour ago
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) Lifting its earlier restriction, the Supreme Court yesterday permitted voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes that also included MGNREGA, all pension schemes and the provident fund besides ambitious flagship ...
Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News (blog) - 2 hours ago
Also, the apex court had earlier directed that no information about an individual that the Unique Identification Authority of India obtains while issuing an Aadhaar card can be used for any other objective except, with court permission, for criminal ...
Indiainfoline - 3 hours ago
The apex court relaxed its stance on the wider use of Aadhaar card after the Government promised that absence of Aadhaar card would not prevent people from benefiting from the Central schemes. Print Email. Save. Article saved successfully to my page.
Legally India - 3 hours ago
Looks like Aadhaar card is back on the menuChief Justice HL Dattu, who led the five-Judge Constitution Bench, had a surprise in store after hearing rival contentions for and against relaxing the 11 August interim order in order to exempt more schemes ...
The Hans India - 6 hours ago
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday modified its October 8 order restricting the use of the Aadhaar card for only Public Distribution System and LPG subsidy. The apex court has now said that voluntary use of Aadhaar card for schemes like MGNREGA ...
The New Indian Express - 6 hours ago
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes that included MGNREGA, all pension schemes and the provident fund programmes such as 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna' of the present NDA ...
Calcutta Telegraph - 8 hours ago
New Delhi, Oct. 15: A five-judge constitution bench today allowed the Centre to link several social benefit schemes to Aadhaar but added that the cards cannot be made mandatory. Today's order modifies an August 11 directive by a three-judge bench that ...
The Asian Age - 8 hours ago
Lifting its earlier restrictions, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the wider usage of the Aadhaar card to a limited extent, on a purely voluntary basis, to avail of benefits under MGNREGA, all types of pensions, the employees' provident fund and ...
Chandigarh Tribune - 9 hours ago
The Supreme Court today enlarged the scope of the Aadhaar card by allowing its voluntary use for four more schemes — rural employment (MNREGA), zero-balance bank accounts under Jan Dhan Yojana, provident fund and pension. The court has already ...
Biometric Update - 9 hours ago
The Indian government admitted to India's Supreme Court that Aadhaar cardholders can opt out of the unique identification scheme if they wish by blocking data embedded on the cards. “The making of the card is voluntary,” stated Attorney General Mukul ...
Deccan Herald - 9 hours ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the government to use Aadhaar cards for Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, MNREGA and pension and provident fund schemes only after obtaining the citizens' consent. A five-judge bench presided over by Chief ...
New Kerala - 11 hours ago
Agreeing to the Centre's plea, the Supreme Court on Thursday increased the ambit of Aadhaar Card. The Aadhaar Card can now be used to avail government schemes including employment guarantee, pension and bank accounts, the apex court said. Earlier ...
Live Law - 12 hours ago
Central government today got a major relief with the Supreme permitting linking of Aadhaar cards in welfare schemes that also included MGNREGA, all pension schemes and the provident fund besides ambitious flagship programmes like 'Pradhan Mantri Jan ...
Bar & Bench - 14 hours ago
The Supreme Court today modified the interim order pertaining to the use of Aadhaar. The court also directed the case be placed before a larger Bench to decide the issue of the status of right to privacy in Indian jurisprudence. With the modification ...
International Business Times, India Edition - 15 hours ago
In a shift from its interim order restricting the use of the Aadhaar card for only Public Distribution System (PDS) and LPG subsidy, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the use of the unique identity number for all central and state schemes. These ...
Jagran Post - 16 hours ago
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today relaxed its earlier order extending use of Aadhaar card on voluntary basis in social welfare scheme MNREGA, old age pension scheme, provident fund and Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana. Why wait till January 23, ...
India.com - 16 hours ago
New Delhi, Oct 15: Supreme Court on Thursday, provided relief to the Centre by uplifting the restrictions imposed on the usage of Aadhaar Card. The unique identification number can once again be used by the citizens for availing public benefits. The ...
