13165 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 1st April 2018

	UIDAI Lifts Ban From Airtel For Aadhaar-Based eKYC Verification Inc42 Media Taking another step regarding Aadhaar, UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) has reportedly restored the ban on Airtel to conduct Aadhaar-based eKYC verification of its users, but subject to specific conditions. A report by the PTI quoted sources close to the development to reveal that Airtel will ... UIDAI Allows Airtel to Use Aadhaar eKYC but Payments Bank Stays Suspended - Beebom (blog) When 'vanity' is a phone number - Hindustan Times
	Govt amends PMLA rules to extend Aadhaar linking date for all financial accounts till after SC order Economic Times The finance ministry has amended the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005, via a issued notification yesterday, extending the date for submitting Aadhaar by existing account holders to financial entities till a date to be notified after the final judgement in the petition ...
	CVC to take Aadhaar route to detect bureaucratic corruption Economic Times The idea is to prepare some kind of an operational procedure and if possible some kind of software so that once it is decided to investigate X, Y or Z, we can connect in a seamless manner with other departments to get the necessary details (regarding the person) using Aadhaar," Central Vigilance ...
	Aadhaar hurdle for filing icome tax returns The Hindu On Saturday, as the deadline for the filing of income tax returns for the previous assessment years closed in, there was panic and helplessness among those without Aadhaar. The filing of return was not possible without linking PAN to Aadhaar despite the recent Supreme Court order, a High Court ... Living with the incoming tide: Aadhaar, Facebook and the end of privacy - Scroll.in
	Aadhaar a must to play cricket in Bhopal Times of India BHOPAL: In order to curb age fraud organisers of U-15 cricket tournament the organisers have made Aadhaar mandatory for the players. This is the first time in the state that Aadhaar has been made mandatory for any sport event. Top 10 teams of Bhopal will contest in the 50-over limited Netlink Dilip ...
	Government extends date for linking PAN, Aadhaar with accounts for an indefinite period The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Government has extended the dates for an indefinite period for linking Aadhaar and Permanent Account number (PAN) with bank accounts of account holders. According to a notification issued by the Finance Ministry, this has been done in accordance with the Supreme Court Order. Govt extends date for linking PAN, Aadhaar with accounts for indefinite period - United News of India Centre extends date for linking PAN, Aadhaar with accounts - Pragativadi
	Aadhaar helps weed out ghost beneficiaries in child services plan The Sunday Guardian The Centre has been able to weed out over one crore “ghost beneficiaries” registered with the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), with the linking of beneficiary accounts to Aadhaar numbers. According to sources in the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), statistics show that ...
	Reporter's Diary: Aadhaar, Judges' Assets and their Right to Privacy Bar & Bench Reporter's Diary is a series that brings you interesting snippets from court hearings across the country. It attempts to offer our readers a glimpse into casual interactions between judges and lawyers appearing in cases. The hearings in the Aadhaar case before the Supreme Court are drawing to a close, ...
	If not Aadhaar, a consent form will get parents ration for their children India Today A 'consent form' will now allow parents who have not yet got their Aadhaar cards made to take ration for their children under Poshan Abhiyaan. The government has stressed on making Aadhaar mandatory for people to avail ration from Anganwadis, despite constitutional validity of Aadhaar being ...
	On My Radar: J&K departments not accepting Aadhaar The Sunday Guardian The Aadhaar card is not being considered as a valid proof of identity by the Jammu and Kashmir government departments. In J&K, which enjoys “special status”, no state government department is accepting the Aadhaar card as an identity or address proof. Instead, they are asking for the ration card or ...
	How safe is your Aadhaar data? Deccan Chronicle Chennai :The state governments vested with the role of collecting personal details from public for Aadhaar purpose had failed to understand the seriousness of data leak and most of the outsourced portals and websites that deal with Aadhaar, lack adequate cyber security measures, making Aadhaar ...
	CVC says Aadhaar could be used to crack down on corruption by combining its data with ... Firstpost With Aadhaar being made mandatory for some financial transactions, Chowdary said it would be in a position to get data from a few centralised agencies and use the information for the purpose of determining a transaction made by an individual and to probe Disproportionate Assets (DA). The CVC said ...
	UIDAI database defective in targeting subsidies and benefits The Sunday Guardian The UIDAI has been making the claim of Aadhaar being a unique ID. However, when asked, in an RTI query, to indicate the number of unique names and biometrics in its database, the UIDAI has no information. Furthermore, the UIDAI also indicates that they cannot retrieve a unique record using ...
	State of the Union: 'Tis the season of leaks, peep and squeaks Deccan Chronicle That is primarily the entire problem with the Aadhaar programme. When it was launched there was hardly any worthwhile thought given to the doctrine of informed consent. People were offered a stark black and white utopia of an identity traded off against handing over to the state the most intimate of ...
	You want my data? Take it! The Hindu I shall erase my humanity, crumple my personhood, and reduce myself to bits and bytes so you can hoard me in your omnivorous database. I shall link everything, including my own mother, to Aadhaar, if that's what it takes to make India the greatest data farm in the history of the universe. But please stop ...