In another step to enhance citizen convenience, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has allowed people to add or update their email ID in Aadhaar directly through the Aadhaar App, eliminating the need to visit an Aadhaar centre.
It is reported that around 10,000 Bangladesh nationals are living in various parts of Kerala with fake documents under the guise of migrant workers from West Bengal.
The initiative will help residents identify Aadhaar Centres based on the nature of services offered, like adult enrolment, child enrolment or only address and mobile update
This “Invisible Shield” marks a new chapter in India’s digital safety mission — a multi-layered AI defence system that performs crores of computations, harnessing accelerated computing to protect citizens’ trust and data integrity.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The government has launched Aadhaar Good Governance portal to streamline approval process for authentication requests.
A single bench of Justice S K Panigrahi while refusing interference in the government’s policy of Aadhaar-PAN linkage of bank accounts said “while concerns regarding data security and privacy are acknowledged, they do not outweigh the compelling need for regulatory oversight in the securities market”.
The Centre has issued directions to ministries/departments to ensure payment of subsidy/incentive to beneficiaries of welfare schemes through Aadhaar Payment Bridge and ensuring 100% biometric Aadhaar authentication.
The state government at a meeting with the school education department today directed that money meant for tablets or smartphones for students of Class XI and XII should be disbursed after it is linked with the Aadhaar of the respective students, from next year.
Sumnesh Joshi, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Communications said that the country has seen one of the fastest roll out of 5G services across the world and has taken the lead in 6G.
