Tuesday, November 21, 2017

12412 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 21st Nov 2017



Economic Times
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation to fight black money, a valid criticism was that the black money is hoarded more in immovable property than cash. The government, however, has been saying that demonetisation was one step in fight against black money and more such ...



The Hindu
“The data on these websites was placed in public domain as a measure of proactive disclosure under RTI Act by these government and institutional websites which included beneficiaries' name, address, bank account, and other details including Aadhaar number and was collected from the third ...



Economic Times
Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday reiterated her criticism of the "problematic" linking of Aadhaar and the alleged ... The Chief Minister has strongly opposed the central government's move to make the linking of mobile number to Aadhaar card mandatory and has refused ...



The Indian Express
The reason is that Aadhaar-based biometric authentication (ABBA) is being relentlessly pushed by the Central government, with little attention to the consequences. In Jharkhand, ABBA was first made compulsory for PDS users in Ranchi district in August 2016. By June 2017, it was mandatory in about ...






Pune Mirror
While one of the many objectives of Aadhaar has been a genuine effort to efficiently disburse government schemes, patients living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV have raised a unique concern — they fear that the mandate to submit a photocopy of their Aadhaar card to avail of ...






India.com
New Delhi, November 21: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) – the body that issues Aadhaar has clarified that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Person of Indian Origin (PIOs) are not required to link bank accounts, PAN and other services with the 12 digit UID Number. The UIDAI instructed ...






Deccan Chronicle
Following a direction of the Supreme Court making it mandatory for people to link their mobile numbers with Aadhaar, telecom companies have been bombarding with reminder messages about the Aadhaar linkage. While basic m-wallet doesn't require KYC compliance, an RBI official claimed that ...






Hindustan Times
In a bid to stop multiple allotment of tenements for project affected people (PAP) to a single beneficiary, the BMC is preparing a software to link Aadhaar with slums. The software, while allotting tenement to a PAP, will notify civic officials if the person has already been allotted PAPs through BMC.






Times Now
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been very vocal in her opposition to the Aadhaar card linkages and the same was again highlighted by her on Monday. Banerjee while talking to reporters today said that linking Aadhaar is a problem as details are being put on websites which is dangerous for ...





India New England
Panaji– Non-resident Indians, temporarily living abroad, should be brought into the ambit of Aadhaar card cover, state Congress President Shantaram Naik said on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Panaji, at the party's state headquarters, Naik also said that if NRIs can be allowed the right to ...






Financial Express
Soon after the State Bank of India, India's largest bank, tweeted about linking one's Aadhaar number to the SBI account before December-end, failing which one's account may be suspended, HDFC Bank has advised its customers to link their Aadhaar number to their HDFC Bank account before 31st ...






Swarajya
Aadhaar Data Fully Safe And Secure, Assures UIDAI: Responding to a Right to Information (RTI) query and some media reports, which alleged that some government websites have made Aadhaar information public, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has said that the Aadhaar data is ...






Daily News & Analysis
In an attempt to put an end to the oft-seen practice of people encroaching on civic land and claiming rehabilitation again and again, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now decided to ask Project Affected Persons (PAPs) to submit their Aadhar details while getting rehabilitation benefits ...






Odisha Television Ltd.
Bhubaneswar: In a major proposal to boost Aadhaar enrolment and facilitate its registration, Odisha government today announced introduction of Aadhaar registration Kendras in panchayat level of every district. Chief Secretary AP Padhi, during a meeting at the Secretariat revealed that the private