Category UID
Aadhaar is now compulsory for 87 government welfare schemes. HT reviews how this decision is working on the ground for two of the biggest schemes of this kind Niha Masih Hindustan Times (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO) What does Anita, a slum… Continue Reading →
The linking of biometric UID/Aadhaar number to all public services makes “We, the People of India” worse than slaves, says Dr Gopal Krishna. The second in a 7-part series. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. While adding some 24-page-long words of concurrence with… Continue Reading →
Though the threat has been ‘addressed’, sensitive leak of information into the dark net is a massive cyber security problem. Perhaps, we got lucky this time, but the ongoing problem of massive cyber-security breaches wouldn’t stop at one thwarted attempt… Continue Reading →
In 2015, Khosla Labs launched Aadhaar Bridge, a licensed Authentication User Agency (AUA), for Aadhaar-based authentication services. by Krishn Kaushik | ASA is licensed to access Aadhaar database stored in the Central Identities Data Repository, which has biometric and demographic data of… Continue Reading →
Dr Anupam Saraf Mobile linkage Various telecom companies are citing TRAI and DOT notifications to force you to link Aadhaar to your mobile else face disconnection. While it is not amusing that the government believes that a SIM issued in someone’s name is used… Continue Reading →
The government is using all kinds of tactics like linking it with everything possible to make Aadhaar card mandatory, despite the court ruling against it. But what happens if people start getting physical punishment for nat having an Aadhaar? Police… Continue Reading →
The verdict in the Right to Privacy case establishes dharma, righteousness, and destroys adharma, the evil acting on behalf of the universal principal ‘I’ mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita, says Gopal Krishna. IMAGE: Women wait in line to get their Aadhaar… Continue Reading →
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Was discarding confidential data in garbage dump The Mico Layout police have arrested a 40-year-old man for disposing confidential Aadhaar details in a garbage bin after shutting down his enrolment agency. Based on a complaint by UIDAI officials,… Continue Reading →
Arya UR| It seems that Aadhaar has become the most important social identification document with the government insisting on it for availing of not just welfare schemes but also every crucial service. Aadhaar linkage has now been demanded for bank… Continue Reading →
ANUBHUTI VISHNOI The Cabinet Secretariat in New Delhi | Source: Wikimedia commons Days before Supreme Court judgement on privacy, health and railway ministries had raised concerns over sharing citizens’ details for the new database. Before the Supreme Court delivered… Continue Reading →