Tag: Aadhaar linking
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Mobile numbers issued on Aadhaar won’t be disconnected, govt junks reports
The proposed number for disconnection doing the rounds in the mentioned reports is almost half of the number of mobile phones in the country.
October 18, 2018 -
Submit plan to discontinue Aadhaar-based eKYC within 15 days: UIDAI to telcos
A circular to this effect has already been issued to the telecom service providers (TSPs), including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and others.
October 1, 2018 -
Lakhs of people not getting ration due to Aadhaar issues: Sanjay Nirupam
Over 21 lakh eligible persons in the city are not getting food grains and other products sold at Fair Price Shops as their ration cards are not linked to Aadhaar or there are some glitches in the linking, Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam claimed on Thursday. “I have accessed rationing data of Mumbai from a …
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April 19, 2018 -
Deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN extended till June 30
The government on Tuesday extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN for the fourth time by three more months, till June 30. The earlier deadline was March 31. The decision came after the Supreme Court earlier this month extended the deadline for linking of various services with Aadhaar till it delivers its judgment on …
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March 28, 2018 -
Supreme Court extends Aadhaar linking deadline
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for linking of various services with Aadhaar till it delivers its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the biometrical identification scheme. Announcing the order, a five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, however, said that this extension will not affect …
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March 13, 2018 -
Nearly 87 crore bank accounts seeded with Aadhaar
A month before the expiry of the deadline, around 80 per cent of bank accounts and 60 per cent of mobile connections have been linked with national biometric identifier Aadhaar, according to a senior official at UIDAI. The government has mandated submission of the 12-digit unique identity number by every bank account holder by March …
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March 4, 2018 -
Elderly not getting pension due to Aadhaar link: BJP MP
Thousands of elderly persons whose biometrics do not match their records anymore are facing trouble in getting their pension as well as getting any other Aadhaar-linked work done, a BJP member of the Lok Sabha said on Friday. Bihar MP from Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh also mentioned the fraud where LPG subsidy belonging to different …
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December 29, 2017 -
SC order on interim relief on mandatory linking of Aadhaar today
The Supreme Court will on Friday pronounce its order on the plea for interim relief on a batch of petitions seeking stay of various Central and state government notifications mandating the linking of Aadhaar with various schemes including taking exam by the students, availing scholarship, cremation and treatment of HIV positive patients. The government has …
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December 15, 2017 -
Aadhaar linking problematic: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday reiterated her criticism of the “problematic” linking of Aadhaar and the alleged disclosure of personal data on government web sites. “Linking of Aadhaar is very problematic. In the name of Aadhaar Card, details have been put out on 210 government websites. This is dangerous for individual liberty, …
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November 21, 2017 -
Linkage of Aadhaar number to insurance policies mandatory: IRDA
The insurance sector regulator IRDA on Wednesday said that linkage of the Aadhaar number to insurance policies is mandatory. According to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA), the linkage is mandated under the “Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017”. “These rules have statutory force and, as such, life …
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November 8, 2017 -
‘Deadline for linking Aadhaar with govt schemes is now December 31’
The Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday the deadline for linking Aadhaar to various government schemes for benefits will be extended till December 31. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said the challenge to the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme would be heard in the first …
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August 30, 2017 -
Restricting restrictions
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Justice Puttaswamy v Union has placed privacy squarely in the cluster of fundamental rights guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution, terming it as a natural and inalienable right. It is thus above transient legislatures; any laws they make violating this right will be invalid and governmental action which disrespects …
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August 29, 2017 -
‘Gold-standard’ set
The relationship between state and citizen has been established afresh. In declaring privacy a fundamental right, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has set a new gold standard against which myriad aspects of that relationship will require re-evaluation. In overturning two previous verdicts the nine-judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice has stressed that …
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August 26, 2017 -
The Unhappy Indian
The World Happiness Report has consistently ranked India near the bottom of the scale of happiness. Currently, we are ranked at number 122 out of the 157 countries surveyed, which make us a morose lot. Though ranking of happiness is a recent phenomenon, one has a feeling that we were far happier at the time …
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August 19, 2017