13123 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 28th March 2018

	Daily update ⋅ 28 March 2018
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	Seven important questions on Aadhaar answered BBC News India's ambitious and controversial biometric ID scheme, Aadhaar, has been embroiled in various challenges ever since its inception. The BBC spoke with experts to explain how the program works and what implications it may have on your data. More than a billion Indians have enrolled in Aadhaar and ... No extension beyond March 31 for linking Aadhaar to welfare schemes: SC - Times of India Aadhaar: Is India's biometric ID scheme hurting the poor? - BBC News No extension of time for linking Aadhaar to welfare schemes, says Supreme Court - Economic Times
	People will happily accept Aadhaar-like scheme in US: UIDAI chief Times of India "So (some) people say in India, the government is making Aadhaar mandatory for (the opening of) bank accounts, pan cards or for mutual funds. Look, the same people who question this, either when they are living or when their children are living in the US, they happily accept this. They will go and use ... UIDAI servers or third parties, Aadhaar leaks are dangerous: Experts - Business Standard Can Cambridge Analytica Get Hold of Aadhaar Data? - NewsClick
	Lack of Aadhaar no bar for becoming Employee Pension Scheme member Economic Times EPFO has clarified that lack of Aadhaar number will not be an obstacle for new employees for becoming members of the Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS). According to a circular issued by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on March 26, employees who do not have Aadhaar ... Aadhaar-verified digital life certificate not must for pension: EPFO - Economic Times
	You must not share Aadhaar and its OTP with anybody Livemint The deadline to link Aadhaar with various financial services like bank accounts, mutual funds, insurance, mobile phone connections as well as your permanent account number has been indefinitely extended by the Supreme Court recently. But there are still some places where you will need to submit ...
	#Aadhaar: A Primer Moneylife Aadhaar means foundation or base. Aadhaar number scheme is now being claimed as a medium for providing Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Before you jump in and say we always complain about the Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government, Aadhaar is a grand success et al; let us ...
	Two Aadhaar Cards With Same Aadhaar Number And Different Date Of Births: MP HC Orders 'In ... Live Law The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently, while hearing a habeas corpus petition, came across two Aadhaar cards pertaining to one individual bearing the same number, having different dates of birth and directed the state government and the Unique Identification Authority of India to conduct enquiries ...
	Can Aadhaar plug leakages in direct benefit transfers? Livemint The Supreme Court in its 13 March order on mandatory seeding of Aadhaar with various services gave partial relief to the middle class by indefinitely extending the deadline of linking Aadhaar numbers with Permanent Account Number (PAN) and mobile numbers but it refused to extend the same to the ...
	Who is 'ethical hacker' Elliot Alderson? Aadhaar whistleblower says he's 'not Indian' Moneycontrol.com A Twitter user known as Elliot Alderson, who kicked up a storm across the country when he leaked details of close to 20,000 Aadhaar cards on the internet a few weeks ago, has now claimed that he is "not Indian". The so called ethical hacker started the revelation as a “game”, with the intention of ...
	Aadhaar security: UIDAI to introduce face authentication feature from July 1 Economic Times The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is all set to make face authentication available alongside iris or fingerprint scan as means of verifying Aadhaar users from July 1, 2018.The UIDAI, which is in-charge of the 12-digit identifier Aadhaar, in January had announced that it will introduce face ...