Wednesday, February 7, 2018

12851 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 6th February 2018



Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said today in a statement that the Plastic or PVC Aadhaar smart cards are often not usable as the QR code commonly becomes dysfunctional during such unauthorised printing at some vendor/shop. Also, there could be a possibility of ...



NDTV
Aadhaar card can be linked with mobile phone connection or mobile SIM via an IVR system-based method, among other modes. Many telecom companies have set up a toll-free service that enables the customers to link their Aadhaar number with mobile number, as directed by the government. This an ...



NDTV
Aadhaar is to be mandatorily linked with bank accounts by March 31, 2018, a deadline set by the Supreme Court. The top court has set March 31, 2018 as last date for linking of Aadhaar number - the 12-digit Unique Identity Number (UID) issued by the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) - with ...






Live Law
As the hearing in the string of writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act of 2016 resumed on Tuesday before the five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, Senior Counsel Shyam Diwan, appearing on behalf of one of the petitioners, drew the attention of the bench to the ...






The Indian Express
Devi was talking at a public hearing on Monday about the impact of Aadhaar being made mandatory for ration in Delhi. The machine she was talking about are the electronic point of sale (e-PoS) machines installed across all 2,254 ration shops in the city. Since January, beneficiaries have been asked to ...






NDTV
According government directives, it is mandatory to link Aadhaar and PAN to your LIC policies, India's largest life insurer says on its website. LIC offers both online and offline facilities to its policyholders for linking Aadhaar and PAN to their policies. In the online way, a mobile number as registered with ...






Times of India
Sources said of the seven crore operative bank accounts in the state, around four crore are already linked with Aadhaar, while the verification/authentication of two crore of the Aadhaar-linked accounts with thumb impressions of the account holders (also called seeding of the Aadhaar numbers with ...






Moneycontrol.com
Soon, around four crore cows in the country will get Aadhaar-like Unique Identity (UID) Cards. The program, which is named Pashu Sanjivini is part of a larger mission for the dairy and fisheries sectors by the Ministry of Agriculture. According to a report in Hindustan Times, about Rs 50 crore has been set ...






Moneycontrol.com
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said the state government would begin Aadhaar based transaction from next fiscal for availing benefits of all state government schemes on Monday. The state government has been directly making payments to around 3 crore beneficiaries' bank accounts ...






Livemint
This will be a cashless, Aadhaar-enabled scheme with 60:40 centre and state share. As far as tentative timeline of the scheme is concerned, the scheme will be finalized after further consultations with state governments, preparation for fraud-proof information system, states' preparation for beneficiary ...






Firstpost
Lucknow: Nearly 1,000 Nepali students enrolled in madrasas in the state might not be able to take the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board (UPMEB) exams due to lack of Aadhaar cards, which is mandatory for the test, a madrasa teachers' body said on Tuesday. The situation also prompted the ...






Hindustan Times
An Aadhaar-like UID number for cows might raise many eyebrows, and sounds odd at first. However, full marks to the government for intent. But, intent alone is not enough. The intent behind setting up PHCs, taluk hospitals and medical college hospitals across India is that no one is denied access to ...






NewsBytes
One of the biggest announcements in Budget 2018 was the National Health Protection Scheme, or 'Modicare,' the "world's largest government-funded program." It will have 50cr beneficiaries. In comparison, the LPG subsidy scheme has just 14-15cr subscribers. Even as the SC hears petitions against ...






TelecomTalk (blog)
Leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, after a long wait has finally introduced the online Aadhaar reverification with mobile connections for senior citizens, physically challenged and non-resident Indians. Currently, the online-based reverification service is not applicable for every Airtel subscriber as it's ...






BGR India
Lately, security has become a hot topic of discussion – be it among organizations or at an individual level. Apart from companies being worried about getting hacked, individuals too are in danger when using public Wi-Fi networks, or sharing their Aadhaar details. Even children these days are prone to ...






The Hans India
Show Aadhaar for medicines at UPHC. Charminar: Urban Public Health Centers (UPHC) in old city are asking Aadhar card from the patients to issue medicines and it has invoked mixed response from the people. Staffs of the health centers are demanding for Aadhar from every patient to dispense ...






Zee News
Interested candidates seeking employment in the Railways need to have their 12 digit Aadhaar number at the time of filling up the online application form. Those who have enrolled for Aadhaar but have not received Aadhaar Card may furnish 28 digit Aadhaar Enrollment ID printed at the Aadhaar ...






MediaNama.com
To the first two questions, he has replied that “Aadhaar data is fully safe and secure and there has not been a single case of data breach from Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)'s database. The report in media about “Rs 500, 10 minutes, and you have access to billion Aadhaar details” was a ...






The Hans India
Aadhaar is such an issue today. Through Aadhaar, the state is collecting the private information of common people with unseen coercion, while even under RTI the state refuses to give basic information about public servants like recruitments, charge sheets and complaints or actions against them under ...






Times Now
The issue had emerged out of the multiple litigations challenging the Aadhaar Act, in which Bhatia had made his entry into the Supreme Court by working for Datar, challenging the linking of an individual Aadhaar number to the holder's PAN card. While the Supreme Court is still to decide on the validity ...






Luxora Leader
Akhilesh said, “They (BJP) caused hatred and difference between OBC castes by propagating that maximum benefit of OBC quota had been grabbed by Yadavs and Patels. Now we demand to link all of us with Aadhaar and utilize their digital India programme to give caste wise data of population and ...






The New Indian Express
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, inundated by complaints about Aadhaar data being breached, was similarly at pains to explain how secure everyone's biometric details were. He cited how it was not the government but the Supreme Court which made submission of Aadhaar details mandatory for ...






NDTV
... the payment of wages to the workers, such as timely release of funds, payment through national electronic fund management system for direct payment of wages into workers' accounts. He also informed that all wages under MGNREGA were not paid through Aadhaar-based payment system and those ...






Times of India
“For several reasons, including for want of Aadhaar, income proof and permanent addresses, we face difficulties to process applications of inmates housed at the old-age home. As soon as these inmates are issued Aadhaar number, which is mandatory, we will forward their pension application to the ...