12748 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 14rh January 2018

	The CEO of UIDAI dispels myths around Aadhaar and allays apprehensions Economic Times This has been made possible because of Aadhaar's design, its technology, legal framework, authentication infrastructure and its use as the verifiable identity across sectors. Aadhaar is also a game changer and enabler for the poor. Yet it often comes under criticism from various quarters, including the ... Aadhaar surveillance chant is just silly scare tactic - Economic Times Aadhaar Law is inadequate to deal with privacy issues - The Asian Age Beef up Aadhaar security - The Asian Age
	Aadhaar pleas to be heard from Jan. 17 The Hindu A notice issued by the Supreme Court on Friday gave the line-up of cases to be heard by the Constitution Bench, starting with the Aadhaar cases, then a petition by Kerala resident Joseph Shine challenging the commodification of women by the penal law of adultery in the Indian Penal Code, followed by ... Constitution benches of SC to hear eight matters, including Aadhaar, from January 17 - Economic Times This Five-Judge Apex Court Bench Will Hear The Aadhaar Matter From Jan. 17 - BloombergQuint
	SLP In SC Challenges Chhattisgarh HC Order Making Aadhaar Mandatory For Bail [Read Petition] Live Law The High Court had last week directed, “While examining the surety papers, the trial court shall necessarily obtain copy of the Aadhaar card of the accused as well as of the surety.” It had issued the directives in view of the rampant submission of forged revenue documents and sureties in Trial Courts.
	Fifth column: Aadhaar – An idea gone very wrong The Indian Express In the village last week in which I met a man who had an Aadhaar card but could not use it because manual labour had erased the lines on his fingertips, nobody was literate. There is no road to the village, electricity is erratic and clean water impossible. Village water is so awful that villagers regularly get ...
	Aadhaar Starving the Poor NewsClick Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Aadhaar's validity that is to begin from 17th January, citizens and independent activists protested against the draconian nature of Aadhaar that is being linked by the Government to welfare schemes like access to Ration and Pension. A single identity card ...
	Concerns over Pehchan card data after Aadhaar breach Times of India HYDERABAD: Even as major concerns are being raised about Aadhaar data security, the existence of another huge database containing personal info of lakhs of Indian citizens, that has no legal framework, has sent alarm bells ringing among open data campaigners and data protection advocates.
	CJI Bench Hearing Aadhaar Case Will Also Hear 377 & Adultery Cases The Quint The Supreme Court of India will, on 17 January, begin hearing a batch of petitions challenging the validity of Aadhaar and the mandatory linkage of the biometric identity to several services and social welfare schemes. The Constitution bench will comprise Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, and Justices ...
	Citizens fume as Aadhaar operators make own rules Times of India Seven-month pregnant Sharon Fernandes had to wait for six hours to get her Aadhaar enrolment done at the Wanowrie ward office. When she requested for the enrolment of her three-year-old son as well, she was told to come some other day › A man who visited a centre with six members of his family ...
	Aadhaar has prompted fears of state surveillance on individual privacy, violating human rights ... COUNTERVIEW Two of the world's top human rights organizations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (AI and HRW) , in a joint statement, have thrown their weight behind those opposing aadhaar, saying, the Government of India's "mandatory biometric identification project, aadhaar, could lead to millions ...
	Chhattisgarh HC Makes Aadhaar Mandatory For Bail The Quint It is the intention of the government to give fillip to Aadhaar movement and encourage the people of this country to enroll themselves under the Aadhaar scheme, the Chhattisgarh High Court has said. Now, it will be difficult for a person without Aadhaar card to obtain bail from the courts in Chhattisgarh as ...
	The Aaadhar conundrum The Hindu Our problem is harassment with regard to linking our Aadhaar to public and private service providers. My fingerprints cannot be authenticated. At the time of registration in 2013, cross marks, 'X', were shown against all my ten fingers, indicating that they cannot be authenticated. In my wife's case, though ...
	SIM fraud helping criminals hide their trace, say Bengaluru police Hindustan Times The police in Bengaluru have discovered at least two instances of criminals using SIM cards — obtained through the Aadhaar authentication of someone else — to avoid being tracked down by the officers hunting for them. In both cases, the police said, the dealers kept the Aadhaar details of those ...
	PDS struggle on in Jharkhand, govt denies 'starvation deaths' Hindustan Times The taint of five alleged starvation deaths in less than four months is hanging heavy over Jharkhand, which is struggling to knock its public distribution system (PDS) into shape and get beneficiaries to link their Aadhaar to it. Consider this: Only eight of the state's 24 districts have a district supply officer ...
	Security flaw in mAadhaar app can allow hackers to steal your Aadhaar data: Security researcher Tech Observer According to the researcher, the Aadhaar mobile app is saving user sensitive data including the biometric data in a password protected local database. The password for the database is generated using a random number “123456789 as seed” and a hardcoded string db_password_123 which remains ...
	Godda durbars to fix Paharia problems The Telegraph He said that as Aadhaar numbers were virtually mand-atory to get welfare benefits such as PDS ration, Pradhan Mantri Awas, scholarships and pensions, it was mandatory for an Aadhaar enrolment team at these meetings. But, he conceded poor internet connectivity was a big problem in remote areas ...
	With Rahul at helm, no changes in Akbar Road The Asian Age (satire) Although the government is putting up a brave face about the raging controversy over Aadhaar, it is seriously worried about the adverse fall-out of this public wrangle. Consequently, at least half-a-dozen senior ministers held a marathon session last week to discuss the questions raised by public and ...
	Indian economy in exciting transition Daily Pioneer One of the great advantages of Aadhaar is that facilitates direct transfer of funds to beneficiaries and keeps a tab of actual beneficiaries of the PDS. It is undeniable that the use of Aadhaar has brought down the organised loot of Government funds exponentially. So why are NGOs so resolute in their ...
	Major raid, 'minor' arrests The Hindu Early morning on December 29, the Muzaffarnagar police raided the neighbourhood where Wakeel and Nasimuddin lived and arrestednine persons, including three minors (as per their Aadhaar cards), three women and three men on charges of cow slaughter and attempt to murder. The police claimed ...
	After 4 Judges' Dissent, Lone Woman Judge Now Left Out of Sabarimala, Adultery Cases News18 According to a notification by the court registry, the list of eight cases begins with Aadhaar matter and the rest of the Constitution Bench cases have been listed in ... The Constitution Bench in Aadhaar case is headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and includes Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY ...