Category UID
Bengaluru, Jan 1, 2015, DHNS: ‘Forcing’ consumers to get cards violates Supreme Court order, they say The Supreme Court has scrapped the Aadhaar card in its interim order, saying that it is not mandatory to avail the card to get… Continue Reading →
16 Dec 2014 by Nikhil Pahwa The Women and Child Development ministry has suggested that Aadhaar, India’s unique identity project, should be used to authenticate profiles on matrimonial sites, so that the government knows who in India wants to get married,… Continue Reading →
New Delhi, December 12: Refusing to issue caste certificate without Aadhar card is unlawful and against the Supreme Court orders in this regard, Central Information Commission has held issuing show cause notice to Delhi government official. The Commission held… Continue Reading →
TNN | Dec 14, 2014, 09.30 PM IST [email protected] Dehradun: The district administration has cancelled the contract with the private agency which was responsible for Aadhaar card enrolment after a flood of complaints from local residents. The administration has now roped in… Continue Reading →
New Delhi, Dec 10, 2014, DHNS: Having an Aadhaar card is not going to be a pre-requisite to applying for a passport, at least not in near future. The government on Wednesday clarified that it was not considering making submission… Continue Reading →
In place of Aadhaar, the government should enable a Shared ID at oneid.gov.in. The Aadhaar does not serve any purpose of governance. It does not protect public interest. Since it has failed to convince anyone of its benefits, except… Continue Reading →
By R Jagannathan The NDA government is sailing pretty close to the wind by trying to sidestep a Supreme Court order that specifically says that Aadhaar, the Unique biometric ID being issued to residents (and not necessarily citizens) by… Continue Reading →
GOPAL KRISHNA The earnestness with which the Modi government has guaranteed revenue flow for transnational automatic biometric data based identification companies from US and France is quite intriguing. Yashwant Sinha, SS Ahluwalia and Ananth Kumar, the vocal critics of Aadhaar from BJP appear to… Continue Reading →
GOPAL KRISHNA After refusing to share contract documents for years, the UIDAI finally provided it under the RTI Act, with important pages missing In the matter of Right to Information (RTI) application, on 14 October 2014, Vijay Bhalla, Deputy Registrar, Central Information Commission (CIC)… Continue Reading →
by R Jagannathan Oct 28, 2014 20:53 IST Nandan Nilekani’s Unique ID scheme, Aadhaar, is making a big comeback under Narendra Modi. Without strong legal safeguards, it is likely to become a Frankenstein, empowering the state at the expense of the citizen…. Continue Reading →