12758 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 23rd January 2018

	Aadhaar biggest tool for empowering poor, says Mohandas Pai Economic Times BENGALURU: As the controversy over Aadhaar rages on, noted IT veteran and tech investor Mohandas Pai said today that the biometric ID is the biggest tool for empowering ... "One must understand, Aadhaar is the biggest tool of empowerment for poor and others," Pai told in an email interview here. Aadhaar biggest tool for empowering poor, says Pai - Outlook India
	Snowden Adds Voice to Aadhaar Opposition findBIOMETRICS Snowden Adds Voice to Aadhaar Opposition Snowdens complaints have come in the form of tweets, with the most recent prompted by two important developments in the debate around Aadhaar. One is the publication of an article by the former chief of Indian intelligence agency the Research and ... Edward Snowden says demand to link Aadhaar to services must be criminalised - Moneycontrol.com Aadhaar No Panacea For India's Ills, Says Economist - PYMNTS.com Shutting down Aadhaar is not the answer to the privacy question - Hindustan Times
	Airtel customer complaint about nine connections linked to her Aadhaar number goes viral; UIDAI ... Firstpost The most crucial point here is that she did not know about any of the other nine phone numbers linked to her Aadhaar number and the linking was done without her knowledge. Official Twitter handle of Aadhaar, @UIDAI replied to her complaint by stating that since she is aware of the extra connections, ... Aadhaar is 'an improper gate to service': Edward Snowden - Hindustan Times Demand to Link Aadhaar to Services Must be Criminalised: Edward Snowden - India.com Snowden agrees with RAW ex-chief: Aadhaar abuse must end - domain-B
	LIC not to seek Aadhaar for online access MediaNama.com This had resulted in several users of the site being forced to provide their Aadhaar details even while the deadline for linking had been extended to March 31, 2018, and the constitutionality of Aadhaar itself being disputed in the Supreme Court. It would also make it impossible for policyholders without ...
	Aadhaar should be linked to voting ID, commissioner says as Supreme Court hears constitutional ... Biometric Update Aadhaar numbers should be linked to Indian voter's identity cards in order to verify individuals' identity prior to voting, India's new chief election commissioner told the Economic Times. “Biometrics should establish the identity before a voter enters a polling booth and gets access to an EVM (electronic ... Coalition for Aadhaar: A collective of private companies wants to ensure that Aadhaar ID and ... - Firstpost
	Forget Aadhaar breach, Telangana hubs can pry open your data Times of India HYDERABAD: Did you know that the Telangana government can draw up a 360 degree profile of any citizen without having to access any unique ID like Aadhaar number or biometric data? After UIDAI stopped sharing data, Telangana has developed its own algorithm and identity resolution engine and ... Personal details in resident data hubs vulnerable: Experts - Times of India
	The Gazette Of India And The Aadhaar Paradox BloombergQuint I owe my initial break in the media business indirectly to my father's 'gazetted officer' status. It was 2002 and a family friend asked for a favour on behalf of his friend, a senior television industry honcho who was moving to London. The United Kingdom-bound executive needed to get his infant child's ...
	Aadhaar services face outages in Andhra Pradesh: Reports MediaNama.com People needing corrections in their Aadhaar card to avail essential services are met with frustrations as most enrolment centres are not working in the state. The New Indian Express says people are being told that they would be down for another 10 days due to upgradation – however, there is no notice ...
	Aadhaar mandatory for filling BHU admission forms online Hindustan Times The Banaras Hindu University administration has made Aadhaar mandatory for filling online forms for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the university. The filling of forms online for entrance examination to the various undergraduate courses began on Monday. The last date for ... BHU Undergraduate Entrance Test 2018 In April; Aadhaar Mandatory For Registration - NDTV BHU Admissions 2018 for UG, PG & Diploma Certificates Begin at bhuonline.in: Exams in April ... - News18
	Most Sewa Kendras refuse to make Aadhaar The Tribune Residents were seen doing the rounds of Sewa Kendras to get Aadhaar cards made. Raghav Chugh, a resident of Rajguru Nagar, who had come to the Sewa Kendra at Rakh Bagh, said: “I have come here all the way after checking other Sewa Kendras. Someone told me that Aadhaar cards were being ...
	New Election Commissioner votes for Aadhaar linking of voter ID cards domain-B The newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat has recommended linking of Aadhaar and voter identity cards, even as he called for a system of simultaneous polls to states and the centre. Rawat, however, disassociated himself from the 'Office of Profit' cases against the Aam ... Aadhaar authentication must be made mandatory for voting, says new CEC Om Prakash Rawat - Daily News & Analysis
	Aadhaar-enabled devices keep ghost ration card holders at bay in UP cities Hindustan Times The results are expected be even better when all the beneficiaries become Aadhaar-linked. At present, 30% of them are still not linked to Aadhaar. An Aadhar card-enabled public distribution system involves installation of ePoS devices equipped with biometric authentication at ration shops.
	Link PF with Aadhaar, says PF Commissioner The Tribune “There are about 5 lakh employees of the Doaba region registered with us for 7,340 employers, of whom 2 lakh have already linked their accounts with Aadhaar. Once linked, the employee just needs to provide UAN to the new employer and his KYC approved account will continue there,” he said adding ...
	Aadhaar [Day-3 Session-1] Aadhaar Law Must Be Tested By The Same Standards By Which A Law ... Live Law As the hearing on the string of writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act of 2016 resumed on Tuesday, Senior Counsel Shyam Diwan drew the attention of the five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court to the various aspects of the judgement dated August 24, 2017 in ...
	CM, MLAs study poor Aadhaar enrolment in hills E-Pao.net Imphal, January 22 2018: Chief Minister N Biren and MLAs elected from the hill districts today held a meeting and discussed the dismal rate of Aadhaar enrolment in hill areas. The meeting was also participated by Chief Secretary RR Rashmi, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dr Suresh Babu and the ...
	What is UMANG app? All you need to know The Indian Express Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November last year, UMANG app is a common platform for various government services such as gas booking, Aadhaar, crop insurance, EPF and National Pension System. The app was launched with the provisions of 43 government departments that ...
	New mode of payment soon on SM Street The Hindu The Union Bank of India (UBI) has come up with a new payment machine, 'Merchant Aadhaar Pay', which is being introduced among merchants at S.M. Street. As a first step, the merchants have been asked to open a current or savings bank account with any branch of the bank and link their Aadhaar ...
	RTA promotes online services in East Godavari Deccan Chronicle To avail online services for vehicles, however, the vehicle registration certificate number has to be seeded with your Aadhaar number. RTA authorities intend to train one or two persons from every department or agency or organisation or association for two days on how to avail online services with the ...
	(Not) Direct, (No) Benefits (Cost) Transfer in Jharkhand The Wire Since DBT uses the Aadhaar architecture, the cash transfer is made into the latest Aadhaar-seeded bank account. Given the requirements of multitude of government schemes, most citizens have ended up with multiple bank accounts. Given the enormous pressure from the government, there has been a ...
	Maha govt e-seva centres to sell Patanjali products Press Trust of India Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI) The Maharashtra government's e-seva centres, set up to provide services like Aadhaar, PAN and passport-related documents to citizens, will now list yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali products. The move, announced via a government resolution (GR) last week, has stirred a ...
	Impact assessment study on govt schemes commences The Navhind Times The Griha Aadhaar and the Laadli Laxmi schemes were launched by the BJP-led government in 2012-13. These schemes are being implemented by the directorate of women and child development. Under the Griha Aadhaar scheme, over 1.52 lakh housewives get a benefit of Rs 1,500 per month ...
	Jharkhand: 'No shortage of food' at home but dead woman not in food security net either The Indian Express What Budhni's death has highlighted, however, is that she did not have a ration card or an Aadhaar card. The administration agrees that Budhni — of Baratand Tola of Sevatand village in Tisri block of Giridih district, 265 km from Ranchi — was not in the food security net, while food rights activists claim ...
	Conned on the phone, 71-year-old woman dies of shock The New Indian Express CHENNAI:A 71-year-old allegedly died of cardiac arrest after learning that Rs 90,000 was swindled from her by conmen who called up and duped her into providing her Aadhaar and bank account numbers, besides the OTPs she received on her phone. R Jayalakshmi, a resident of AF Block in Anna ...
	'They called me a Pakistani': Police brutality lands elderly man in hospital Hindustan Times “I told them that I am an Indian and even showed them my licence and Aadhaar card. But they kept on insulting me, calling me spy and anti-national,” said Ramzan. One of the cops then asked Ramzan and Tiwari to strip. When Ramzan resisted, they allegedly forcefully removed his clothes and kicked ...