| Livemint And all this is possible because of Aadhaar, its technology, its platform, its authentication infrastructure and its use as the verifiable identity. Aadhaar has enabled one-sixth population on this planet to prove irrepudiably that s/he is the one whom s/he claims to be and has brought in digital revolution in ... |
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| Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said apprehensions of profiling of citizens on the basis of Aadhaar data is a serious issue that needs examination but the court also cannot neglect benefits to the common man by way of middlemen being eliminated and welfare schemes reaching the ...
| The Hindu On Martyrs' Day, Mahatma Gandhi's public speech against the fingerprinting and profiling of Indians in South Africa was quoted by the petitioners against the Aadhaar scheme as a case of profiling of free citizens by the state. Arguing before a Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, ... |
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| Gadgets Now New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said apprehension of profiling of citizens on the basis of Aadhaar data is a serious issue that needs examination but the court also cannot neglect benefits to the common man by way of middlemen being eliminated and welfare schemes reaching beneficiaries. |
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| The Siasat Daily With the deep penetration on mobile based internet connectivity, Aadhaar-based e-KYC and e-Sign will allow financial service providers help hundreds of millions of Indians to instantly open savings accounts, and give them access to various other financial services like investment, insurance, formal ... |
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| The New Indian Express The block happened because of a lack of KYC details and not because the customers had not submitted Aadhaar card numbers, a statement from IOC said. Assuring that customers would not face any problems with cylinder refills, the company said LPG connections of these customers were blocked ... |
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| Free Press Journal MP: Pregnant woman without Aadhaar denied help at hospital in Jaunpur ... Jaunpur: A pregnant woman in Madhaya Pradesh's Jaunpur district was force to deliver a baby at the gate of a medical center after being allegedly turned away by doctor because she had no bank account or Aadhaar card.
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| Daily News & Analysis In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman was denied admission in a community health centre (CHC) when she failed to produce her Aadhaar card or ration card. Unable to bear the labour pain, she gave birth to a child on the CHC gate. Soon after, for fear of facing action, senior doctors intervened and ... |
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| International Business Times, India Edition Aadhaar functions as a Know your Customer (KYC) document to open bank accounts. The benefits of seeding the Aadhaar number with the bank account includes the direct credit of subsidies from the government that includes LPG, kerosene, the direct credit of welfare funds, pensions, scholarship, ... |
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| Firstpost Lastly, to help create an Aadhaar-based digital payment infrastructure at each shop, it should be made mandatory for any office, shop selling goods or services, to have an Aadhaar device to accept payments through AEPS. Aadhaar merchant payment should have a concept of reverse MDR, where the ... |
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| Quartz On the other are ordinary taxpayers who weathered numerous changes—demonetisation, the goods and services tax (GST), and Aadhaar-linking—and are now waiting to reap the benefits. In his last budget speech, Jaitley had gone to the extent of voicing his concerns that, under the present system, ... |
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| Little India “With this new norm in effect, the documents an applicant would need for applying in the tatkal category are an Aadhaar card, Pan card and election card,” he added. The list of documents required for a Tatkal passport for an adult who is in the non-ECR category are proof of address like water bill, ... |
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| Scroll.in Aadhaar helps citizen-centric delivery of services, but data can be misused, says Supreme Court: The five-judge Constitution bench said through the programme the government has been able to provide benefits to communities under welfare schemes. Veteran BJP leader Yashwant Sinha launches ... |
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| News18 This is one of the reasons why the government has made provisions to link the Aadhaar with banks accounts, insurance policies and other investments. Linking PAN with Aadhaar is also a step towards helping the public on this, the official told Deccan Herald. He, however, added that a final decision will ... |
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| The Shillong Times SHILLONG: The Meghalaya People's United Front East Jaintia Hills districts (MPUF-EJHD) complained to the Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia Hills, on receiving complaints that banks are harassing people for Aadhaar number. In a statement issued here, the DC told the organisation that banks or ... |
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| Times of India While reading out the Governor's speech in the West Bengal Assembly Budget Session on Tuesday, the governor stopped short of mentioning Aadhaar as it is a subjudice matter, but said: "My government led by my dynamic chief minister strongly believes in individual freedom and strongly resents any ... |
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| The Practice As the Aadhaar example underlies, there is space for lawyers to fill in the policymaking process. This article focuses on some of the emerging new roles of lawyers in Indian policymaking and, in particular, those within law firms and in-house legal departments. While corporate lawyers do not make up a ... |
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| Times of India Indore: District administration has told Indore bench of high court that the acid attack victim from the city could not be given compensation amount because of the difference in his names in hospital record and Aadhaar card. The clarification was given on Monday, in reply to court's previous order directing ... |
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| Firstpost India is likely to experience an accelerated growth spurt in the fintech space considering the strong, proactive policy level support from the government which has provided a much-needed boost to user adoption. Initiatives such as Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and the emergence of UPI will provide a good ...
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| Business Line The Maharashtra government has brought out a new telecom infrastructure policy, which will support its digital ventures. The policy will help in creating and maintaining the telecom infrastructure for its citizen-centric digital initiatives. The State Cabinet gave its clearance on Tuesday. A press statement ... |
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| The Telegraph These people do not have bank accounts or Aadhaar cards. They cannot avail themselves of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana either. In India, nearly 78 million people fall under this category. All governments talk about inclusive development, but they have clearly failed to help this section of society. |
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