Friday, February 2, 2018

12829 - Aadhaar Articles dated 1st February 2018



Economic Times
It also remains to be seen how the business owners will react to it, since the Aadhaar for individuals is facing one of its biggest tests with the Supreme Court hearing a multitude of petitions which allege privacy violations and the creation of a Big Brother state due to the proliferation of the unique identity ...






Biometric Update
The Aadhaar system could transform India's financial services industry, including banking, insurance, lending, and payments, by enabling paperless identification, according to a statement by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMIA). Biometric authentication may be the best way to empower ...






The Hindu
The beneficiaries of the Amma two-wheeler scheme, under which the State government would provide scooters to working women at a subsidised rate, will be required to provide their Aadhaar details for availing themselves of the scheme. The requirement of Aadhaar details was notified by the Tamil ...






NDTV
NEET UG 2018: Official Notification Expected Soon; Aadhaar Mandatory For Application. Based on last year's schedule, NEET UG ... Students who apply for NEET must have a valid Aadhaar number since Aadhaar number has been mandatory for application. However, the rule is not applicable for ...






National Herald
At a time when the matter is pending before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, is it proper for various organisations in the public and private sectors to deny service without Aadhaar linkage? Does that not amount to contempt of court? Also, is it ethical for senior Central ministers to use social ...






The Hindu
Eighty-three years later, the apocalyptic rhetoric of those opposing Aadhaar in India's Supreme Court harkens back to the arguments made against the SSN: “[Aadhaar] tends to terrorise citizens with the country becoming a totalitarian regime; ” and “it is a 'giant electronic mesh' and will turn the country ...






Free Press Journal
Mumbai: Households in Mumbai are finding it increasingly difficult to book LPG cylinders — both online and by phone registration. They get instead repeated reminders to link Aadhaar cards to respective bank accounts. Sharda Lakhani, 63, who lives alone in her Malad house, has been trying to book a ...






Daily News & Analysis
Police have arrested a couple for allegedly duping the banks and innocent people by obtaining loans on forged property papers. Both the accused had been declared proclaimed offender by a court and forged documents like PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, voter Ids and driving licences were recovered from ...






Deccan Herald
Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar said on Wednesday that Congress leaders and MLAs in Bengaluru helped Bangladesh nationals residing there to get Aadhaar cards for their votebank politics and they were not concerned about national security. DH file photo ...






The New Indian Express
HYDERABAD: Fancy commuting using swanky app-based cycle sharing service set up at Miyapur Metro Station? Remember to carry your Aadhaar number with you. At a time when misuse of the 16-digit unique identification number of citizens is being rampantly misused, and when the Supreme Court ...



Economic Times
A MeitY spokesperson said the government was working on improving the payments acceptance infrastructure, including by deploying more easily accessible technology such as UPI and BharatQR as well as Aadhaar-based payments. "All departments are pushing to put in place digital payment ...




Luxora Leader
Aadhaar has become a mandatory document for many services nowadays, from operating a bank account to buying or using a SIM card to filing income tax returns. In this scenario, it is necessary to not only have an card, but to also make sure all the details mentioned on it are correct. You need to head ...






Financial Express
The government's ambitious Aadhaar programme has fallen under the scanner too, mainly due to the privacy reasons. UIDAI's Aadhaar programme was decried by many Indian citizens when some recent reports pointed that hacking Aadhaar data is plainly duck soup. The government has constantly ...



The Wire
At that time, she did not need an Aadhaar card, but later was asked to provide one. The details on her Aadhaar card do not match her other documents. Her claim was rejected on this ground. Ruby was unable to claim maternity benefits for either child. Credit: Special arrangement. Ruby, a resident of ...






Daily Excelsior
JAMMU, Jan 31: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS & CA) and Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today set 31st March 2018 as deadline for completing electronic Public Distribution System (ePDS) in the State and directed the authorities to expedite the installation of PoS ...






Financial Express
Earlier on Monday, President Ram Nath Kovind had said Aadhaar has helped the government in “eliminating middlemen” and save over Rs 57,000 crore. “Aadhaar has helped in securing the rights of the poor by eliminating middlemen. At present, digital payments are being carried out in more than 400 ...






Business Standard
It has been reported in a section of the press that a labourer's pregnant wife was denied admission for want of Aadhaar forcing the woman to give birth to a baby girl at the gate of a community health centre in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. It is tragic if the story is true. The hospital says the identification ...
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ETtech.com
This includes bank-to-bank electronic money transfers, digital wallet payments, Aadhaar-based and electronic toll payments. What is this 25 billion number? Finance minister Arun Jaitley declared the 25-billion target in his Union Budget for 2017-18 a year ago as part of the government's hard push to ...






The Indian Express
For the registration, Aadhaar card is mandatory. Those aspirants with no Aadhaar number and have enrolled for the same but have not received it can enter 28 digits enrolment ID printed on the Aadhaar Enrolment slip. Read | Railway recruitment 2018: Latest vacancies for class 12th pass, know how to ...






The Indian Express
This year, farmers have to register online and provide their Aadhaar details to sell their produce in the procurement centers. Maharashtra has reported 12, 28,821 hectares of tur as against the 15,32,976 hectares last year. The reduction in area has failed to boost prices with all mandis reporting below ...






India Today
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) A couple has been arrested for forging documents and duping banks and people, police said today. Monu Kumar Gupta (45) and his wife Neelam (43) were on the run for more than five years. They had forged documents, including Aadhaar and voter ID cards, and were living ...






Moneycontrol.com
2008-09 || The last full budget of the UPA 2 government was famous for an unprecedented bailout move that cost the government Rs 60,000 crore. What was the measure? Ans: The government announced a loan waiver cum relief programme under which it waived off outstanding loans of thousands of ...






Economic Times
Transporters, who are not registered under GST, can enrol themselves under e-way bill system by providing their PAN or Aadhaar to generate the e-way bill. The e-way bill can be generated through various modes like online, android app, SMS, excel based bulk tool etc. Also consolidated e-way bill can ...