AADHAAR
Moneylife Digital Team 03 November 2023
In a recent development that has sent shockwaves through the banking and financial sectors, the Bank Bachao Desh Bachao Manch, a civil society forum, has penned a letter to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, Shaktikanta Das, expressing serious concerns about the reported Aadhaar data breach and the potential for exponential growth in fraudulent activities across the nation through the Aadhaar enabled payment system (AEPS).

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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, however, has refuted Moody's opinion, calling it 'baseless'. This, however, is not the first time that doubt has been raised over Aadhaar biometrics.

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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.

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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 schemes (CSSs).

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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 address each concern he has expressed and place its detailed point-wise response in the public domain.

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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.

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 April 2023
Nearly 6%, or more than six crore 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.

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 March 2023
The Union government on Tuesday extended the deadline for linking a permanent account number (PAN) with an Aadhaar number to 30 June 2023.

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The withdrawal of a press release warning people about the possible misuse of Aadhaar data, after it went viral on social media, has only added to public anxiety and confusion rather than clarified matters. Here’s what happened.

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 May 2022
The Union government has asked Aadhaar holders not to share its photocopy with anyone.

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 April 2022
Nearly 12 years after the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched its de-facto numbering ID, Aadhaar,

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Non-linking of PAN with Aadhaar number by March 31, 2022 would attract a penalty, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Over 19 lakh people, whose names were not included in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), published in August 2019, did not get Aadhaar cards as the document is necessary for availing benefits of various welfare schemes.

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Time and again, we are reminded that the Right to Information (RTI) Act is used for diverse purposes to procure information at the individual level but which, indeed, have social ramifications.

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 January 2022
The Delhi High Court has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to disclose information about around 450 persons who were allegedly issued fake Aadhaar cards for enrollment in civil defence training, says a report from Bar & Bench.

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Aakash Goel 24 January 2022
Under the pretext of eliminating ‘bogus’ voters, the Narendra Modi government passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill to link voter ID – issued by the Election Commission – with Aadhaar, issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

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IANS 13 January 2022
The Supreme Court has stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court direction to OLX India to adopt a screening mechanism in connection with sellers, who could post an advertisement on the online platform.

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 June 2021
In what is being termed as an “inadvertent” data leak, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has put out on its website Aadhaar and PAN (permanent account number) details of creditors, including workmen, of many companies undergoing resolution process.

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On 7th June, finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman announced the launch of a new portal www.incometax.gov.in with a flourish, calling it an “important milestone to make the compliance experience more taxpayer-friendly.”

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 May 2021
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the body entrusted with the Aadhaar scheme,

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