Saturday, January 27, 2018

12790 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 27th January 2018



The Asian Age
Meanwhile, the media has reported unfortunate cases of starvation deaths of poor people after having been denied subsidised ration due to their failing biometrics or non-availability of Aadhaar cards. A Google search indicates that India has an estimated 78 million homeless (including 11 million street ...



Hindustan Times
These avoidable implementation challenges on account of Aadhaar can be significantly resolved by a clear legal articulation of permissible uses of Aadhaar through suitable amendments to Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act. It is also crucial that RBI and other regulators address instances where providers ...








India Today
As India on Friday celebrated its 69th Republic Day, the countdown has begun for the build-up to the 2019 General Elections. Today on India Today -- Should Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial be banned amid Karni Sena protests? Will Ram Mandir be an election issue in 2019? What do people feel ...





Times of India
"Syntizen is a startup company in the business of Aadhaar. We provide Aadhaar Services to different organizations by helping them to authenticate their customers using UIDAI Ecosystem. We do not have any information about the FIR. We have not received any communication neither from UIDAI nor ...






The Hindu
The exercise of Bhoo-Aadhaar, in which a unique identification number is given to each landholding, will commence for the first time in the State in Jaggayyapeta mandal and Vuyyuru municipality in the last week of January. After reviewing police parade and hoisting national flag during the 69th ...






The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Indane Gas, the largest domestic LPG provider in Chennai, has frozen connections of customers who have apparently not provided their Aadhaar details despite an extension of the deadline for linking the unique identity number (UID) with domestic gas connections to March 31. Customers' ...



The Hindu
District Collector S. Prabhakar has asked the public to use the services of 10 permanent enrolment centres functioning in the district for carrying out corrections in their Aadhaar cards. A press release from the collector said that Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT) had established ...






NewsBytes
Aadhaar can be used as proof of identity at many places. It is even mandatory for several schemes. Hence it is essential that your information in the Aadhaar database is kept updated. You can do it online, but for this, your mobile number has to be registered with the UIDAI. In case your mobile number ...






The Indian Express
The Unique ID number (UID)/Aadhaar) provides the base for a comprehensive reform of India's welfare expenditure system. Elements of this have already been put in place, through the conversion of LPG and 84 schemes across 17 departments using DBT. A comprehensive reform will ensure that every ...






The Statesman
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte praised India's Unique Identification Number (UID) or Aadhaar and expressed interest in the system. Preeti Saran, MEA's secretary, said on Thursday, 25 January, that the Philippines President was “keen on financial inclusion and fighting corruption” in his country.






ATM Marketplace (press release) (blog)
By disintermediating traditional interchanges and riding on less expensive bank rails, Aadhaar-based person-to-merchant payments lower processing fees and promote higher merchant uptake. The service uses Aadhaar — a unique national identity number issued by the government to every citizen ...






YoVizag
Those who want to apply for tatkal passport need to submit Aadhaar card/Aadhaar allotment letter/e-Aadhaar containing the 12-digit Aadhaar number/28-digit Aadhaar enrolment ID printed on the Aadhaar enrolment slip issued by Unique Identification Authority of India. This holds good for those above ...






Moneycontrol.com
Announcing an initiative by CSC on women's health and hygiene 'Stree Swabhiman', Prasad lauded efforts of the Village Level Entrepreneurs or VLEs in offering services like Aadhaar, banking, insurance and promoting digital literacy in rural India. 'Stree Swabhiman' aims to create a sustainable model ...






The Hans India
Meanwhile, plans are afoot to introduce Aadhaar based darshan and Arjitha Sevas of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy on Tirumala, to provide darshan to the ... Based on Aadhaar card, first preference will be given to the devotees who did not have darshan of the Lord so far and even once in a year.






Jakarta Post
She said the reforms introduced to fight corruption in India was of interest to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who particularly showed interest in the Aadhaar system, digital economy and cashless transactions. “It was another issue of interest for Singapore who would like to go more and more into ...



Business Today
The UWIN Card would have unique number which would be seeded with Aadhaar to provide all benefits of social security schemes at one stop, he added. "Labour Code on Social Security and Welfare is at the consultation stage and could be a reality by the time registration of informal workers is ...






Times of India
The ration supply is a critical lifeline and hence the Aadhaar card is dearer than life. The village eats what they grow and only sell the produce for buying salt and cooking oil. Sugar and milk are unheard of daily need commodities. Daily wage work means either labouring in someone's field or going out ...






Times of India
The smart card will be linked with aadhaar card," said Kataria. The Delhi government has notified the rules for formation of vending committee and Kataria said that the civic body will speed up the process. "We will speed up the process to identify the total number of vendors and accordingly the sites will ...






Financial Express
Meanwhile, on January 24, the Cambodian prime minister met India's Minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad to discuss digital initiatives undertaken by India including soil health card as well as the flagship biometric project Aadhaar. After the 30-long minute meeting, Prasad said that India ...






Times of India
She told police the bag contained property documents, bank passbook, ATM card, driving licence, PAN card and Aadhaar card and also Rs one lakh cash. Police said the auto driver chased the bike, but he failed to catch up with them. "Prima facie the drive looks innocent, but we can't rule out anything at ...