Thursday, March 8, 2018

12949 -Aadhaar Articles Dated 7th March 2018



The Diplomat
Modeled after the American Social Security Number (SSN), the Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number given to Indian citizens. The difference between the SSN and Aadhaar is the use of biometric data (fingerprints and iris scans) for verifying identity. Owing to the huge population of the ...





Times of India
Earlier on February 22, former Karnataka high court judge Justice K S Puttaswamy had told the apex court that several deaths had reportedly taken place due to starvation on account of glitches in the Aadhaar-based public distribution system and the court must consider granting them compensation.






The Hindu
However, nearly all of them have put up a united front in pushing their alert button hard to customers on linking wallets with Aadhaar, even when the March deadline seemed a fair distance away. And now, users aren't even given the benefit of choice if they're to add cash into their wallets — the KYC ...






NDTV
E-Aadhaar card is a password protected electronic copy of the Aadhaar card, the 12-digit unique identity number which is digitally signed by the competent authority of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), as mentioned on UIDAI's official website - uidai.gov.in. As per Aadhaar Act, e-Aadhaar is ...






The Quint
But the last two months have been hectic for the septuagenarian, who has been living with her family in Kusumpur Pahari for the last 30 years. “Bahut pareshani hai (we are facing several problems),” she says when asked about the Aadhaar-based distribution of rations. Standing in a queue for hours is ...






NewsClick
Senior Counsel Arvind Datar advanced his arguments on day 14 of the Aadhaar hearings, March 6. The main argument was based on Article 14 of the Constitution of India, the right to equality. This new challenge to Aadhaar based on Article 14 was made in reference to Rule 9 of the Prevention of ...






Times of India
New Delhi, Mar 7 () More than 89 per cent of the total population has been issued the biometric identifier Aadhaar as of mid-February, Parliament was informed today. Aadhaar coverage is low in Assam and Meghalaya where the enrolment has started recently, K J Alphons, Minister of State for ...






Times of India
LUCKNOW: In a bid to rule out any security threat, the Lucknow Cantonment Board has made it mandatory for commuters to produce driving licence or Aadhaar card for passing through Army residential campus area at the gate. Commuters driving any vehicle or travelling on foot will have to produce the ...






Business Standard
The firearms included a AK 47 rifle, INSAS and SLR rifles, hand grenades, large quantity of live cartridges, the police said adding more than 300 Aadhaar cards were also seized. Police have begun investigation following the seizure of the large number of Aadhaar cards. The raids are still on, the police ...






Hindustan Times
The Centre on Tuesday indicated to the Supreme Court it was open to the idea of extending the March 31 deadline for linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile phones and other services. “We have extended the deadline in the past too. We can do it again. Let's see how the hearing proceeds.