Wednesday, February 7, 2018

12849 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 4th February 2018

Times of India (blog)
Occasionally an incident accidentally throws light on a whole society; the strident and polarised debate around Aadhaar shines light on the fact that India is a low-trust society and this has profound consequences for our future. Why are so many people anxious about Aadhaar despite the assurances of ...




Times of India
The court's directions came while dealing with a bail plea filed by a murder accused to attend wedding of his cousin as well as to undertake the procedure to obtain Aadhaar. Mahendra Sisodia alias Lal Badshah had sought temporary bail to attend the social function and to apply for Aadhaar, which is a ...






Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad and Cyberabad police have advised citizens to seek Aadhaar details before hiring domestic help too. “When I moved into an apartment in Erramanzil, the owner asked me for Aadhar details. They took a picture and returned the ID. When questioned, the owner said, the police have advised ...






Times of India
BHOPAL: Without an Aadhaar registration, new-borns in Bhopal's Sultania hospital are being refused discharge. In no uncertain terms, a dictate by hospital administration, instructs hospital staff, ward in-charge and security guards, not to allow new-borns to leave hospital premises unless registration ...






Hindustan Times
Just like the 12-digit Aadhaar number for every Indian, the Narendra Modi government is set to assign each of the country's milk-producing cows a cheap, unique identity card or UID, first proposed in 2015. Deliverable targets in this year's Union budget show Rs 50 crore for the project to cover 40 million ...






Times of India
A directive by the hospital administration instructs its staff, ward in-charge and security guards not to allow newborns to leave the premises unless Aadhaar registration details of the babies are produced. "These instructions were put out at the time of my predecessor. I will look into the actual directive ...






BFSI Post Magazine | Elets
Aadhaar The Centre has not received a single case pertaining to data breach from Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and all the claims regarding Aadhaar data being sold was baseless and completely false, according to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Electronics and Information ...






The Hindu
A complaint has been lodged against the Aadhaar enrolment centre at Collectorate for its delay in opening. The working hours of the centre in the forenoon session was from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. “We are coming here with children taking leave both from the company and the school. Initially, token was given ...






The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: Observing that unless a liability is fixed on the government servants, it will be very difficult to curtail encroachments and unauthorised constructions, the Madras High Court has directed the authorities issuing building completion certificates to furnish a copy of their Aadhaar cards or any other ...






BGR India
In addition to providing the regular post office services, the center will provide additional facilities including passport services and Aadhaar enrollment. The Haryana government launched the special center along with Enviro, the facilities management wing of Vatika Group, in Sector 82, new Gurugram.






Mumbai Mirror
According to the clip, the Hindi word has gained favour ever since the Indian government christened the national ID scheme 'aadhaar'. But has it? The debate that immediately followed the announcement was proof that rather than being 'lokpriya' (as it was defined in the soundbite), any mention of the ...






The Asian Age
Surat: Two owners of government-funded ration shops were arrested by the police in Gujarat's Surat for allegedly pilfering subsidised foodgrain by using hacked software and unauthorised biometric Aadhaar data of beneficiaries. Police said that Babubhai Boriwal (53) and Sampatlal Shah (61) were ...





News Nation
The animal UID scheme is named as Pashu Sanjivini. In the Union budget 2018, Rs 50 crore has also been allotted for the project under the deliverable targets. The move to provide Aadhaar like identification number to cows has been mocked by the Opposition Congress and the party has termed it as a ...



Hindu Business Line
The Chairman of $11-billion Adani Group, Gautam Adani, today said that India now stands on the “cusp of explosive growth” and game-changing policies like GST, Aadhaar and Jan Dhan Yojana will lay the platform for decades of strong growth. With a GDP growth rate of over 7 per cent, it is anticipated ...






Oherald
PANJIM: In a bid to study the socio economic impact of the various social welfare schemes, the Directorate of Social Welfare in coordination with Goa Electronics Ltd (GEL) has commenced the taluka wise assessment of Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS), Griha Aadhaar (GA) and Laadli Laxmi.






Business Standard
The mega healthcare plan (informally known as 'ModiCare', 'NaMoCare') announced in the Union Budget 2018-19 has been given an overwhelming thumbs-down in two public polls conducted by Business Standard.com. 68% voters on Facebook and 57% on Twitter are of the opinion that the scheme ...






The New Indian Express
If the distribution is through OMCs, then, they will do a de-duplication process as our Ujjwala connections are based on Aadhaar and one-kitchen,one-connection basis.The state government is sending letters signed by the CM to beneficiaries and identifying them based on BPL cards which is not ...








News18
Aadhaar the world's largest and most ambitious biometrics based identification program has been challenged on different counts. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging its constitutional validity. On Off Centre, Ashok Pal Singh, who was on the founding team of Aadhaar ...





Daily Excelsior
The District Development Commissioner Kupwara was informed that 1441 houses were completed under PMAY, 68.19% Aadhaar seeding has been completed besides 26 big play fields are under construction through Rural Development Department and shall be completed during fiscal year, ...






Financial Express
Additionally, Garg said the announcements made in the Budget regarding linking of Aadhaar with enterprises will facilitate ease of doing business for MSEs. “With one single (Aadhaar-based) enterprise ID, it is possible that 26-27 business registrations won't be required. And it will be possibly much ...



Star of Mysore
Bengaluru: Arogya Bhagya, Karnataka's flagship Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme to provide healthcare, irrespective of the individuals BPL or APL status, will be rolled out on Feb.25. And Aadhaar Card is enough for the patients to get this benefit. Health Minister K.R. Ramesh Kumar told ...






Business Line
The government's initiatives including Aadhar based digital linkage, financial inclusion drive through Jan Dhan accounts and JAM (the interface that incorporates Aadhaar, Jan Dhan and smart phones) are expected to fast-track the country's move towards digitisation. However, though transparency has ...






YourStory.com
For startups in digital space, a key driver is the rise of Aadhaar (despite the controversies over issues like privacy). “In the last one month, we on-boarded more consumers than in the previous five years, thanks to Aadhar,” said Nithin Kamath of Zerodha, a fintech company. The painful process for online ...






Economic Times
... Niti Aayog officials, the mega healthcare scheme will cost up to Rs 12,000 crore annually and it is likely to be launched either on August 15 or October 2. All poor people identified by the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 will be eligible for the scheme. It will be linked to Aadhaar but will not be a ...