AADHAAR


IANS 16 October 2023
In the wake of multiple instances of online bank frauds through misuse of biometrics data in Aadhaar cards, a popular civil society forum here has appealed to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das for the introduction of information security (IS) audit system for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2023
Raising serious doubts about biometrics used in India's Aadhaar system, rating agency Moody's Investors Service says for people in hot and humid conditions, biometrics results in service denials. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the agency that provides the 12-digit number,...

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IANS 21 September 2023
The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that linking Aadhaar numbers with electoral rolls is not mandatory under the Registration of Electors (Amendment) Rules 2022.   A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala, and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 August 2023
The regional passport office in Mumbai issued a press note that makes DigiLocker mandatory if the applicant submits an Aadhaar as proof of residential address or date of birth.    "From 5 August 2023, in case applicants choose to submit Aadhaar as proof of present residential address...

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The Noida police have arrested three more suspects in connection with an alleged Rs15,000 crore GST (goods and services tax) scam, officials said. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has increased to 15.   The three individuals identified as Atul Gupta, Sumit Garg, and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 June 2023
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has warned investors to stay away from five people Nasir Khan, Anuj Anil Shukla, Vikita Kishore Jain, Akshay N Pagariya and Mayank Shashikant Bhojane who are luring investors under the pretext of providing assured and guaranteed returns on investment in the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 May 2023
Calling the proliferation of fake Aadhaar cards and false Jan Dhan bank accounts a serious threat, EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India, has urged the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) to conduct a special audit of these fund transfers under the Centrally-sponsored...

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Ever since the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) created Aadhaar as a unique biometric identity for residents of India, it has dismissed all doubts and queries by being in permanent 'denial mode'. Moneylife has been reporting, analysing and highlighting issues with Aadhaar...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 May 2023
Highlighting widespread public concerns about the linking of Aadhaar with the electoral rolls, because of reports of the proliferation of fake Aadhaar in several states, EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India, reiterated that the election commission of India (ECI) should...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 April 2023
Until a few years ago, online scamsters had to hire 'experts' to make fake identity cards for a fee. But making a bogus Aadhaar or PAN card is just a mouse click away. Any person with some basic knowledge of the dark web can easily prepare a fake identity card for anybody using some websites...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 April 2023
Nearly 6%, or more than 60mn (million) dead people, still hold their Aadhaar numbers since there is no provision to delete or deactivate these numbers, the Union government told the Lok Sabha. However, these numbers are just estimates since no mechanism is available with the Unique...

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IANS 10 January 2023
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has issued a set of guidelines for offline verification seeking entities (OVSEs) highlighting several usage hygiene issues and ways to further enhance people's trust while using Aadhaar voluntarily for lawful purposes.   Entities...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 December 2022
There is no proposal before the Union government to make it mandatory to update Aadhaar every 10 years by amending Aadhaar regulations, the Lok Sabha was informed. In July this year, the government told the lower house that, over the past three years, the Unique Identification Authority of...

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IANS 25 November 2022
With a view to curb any misuse, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has said that before accepting an Aadhaar either in physical or electronic form for establishing identity of an individual, the entities concerned should verify it.   The UIDAI has maintained that...

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IANS 31 October 2022
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a petition against the Central government's decision to enable linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem.   Senior advocate Shyam Divan, representing the petitioner, contended that the right to vote cannot be denied on the...

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IANS 22 August 2022
The election commission (EC) on Monday said that entry in the electoral roll should not be deleted over non-submission of Aadhaar.   The Commission reacted following some media reports surrounding the issue. "With reference to stories reported in the media, it may be noted that...

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Since its inception in 2010 as a unique identification (ID) for those (poor) without any identity proof, Aadhaar and its proponents have been working to force its linkage with other ID systems, compromising privacy and mismatch due to variations in spelling and various data points. Fin-tech...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 July 2022
Nearly 25% or 150.2mn (million) out of the total 617.3mn permanent account numbers (PANs) are not yet linked with Aadhaar, the Union government informed the Rajya Sabha.    In a written reply, Pankaj Chaudhary, minister of state for finance, says, "The due date for linking of PAN with...

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The Supreme Court on Monday asked Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala to move a competent high court with the plea challenging the Election Law (Amendment) Act, 2021, enabling linking data of electoral roll with the Aadhaar ecosystem.   A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and AS...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 July 2022
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which has been tasked to provide 'unique' ID numbers to citizens, has cancelled nearly six lakh Aadhaar for being duplicate as of 31 May 2022, the Lok Sabha was informed.    Responding to a question, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of...

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