12957 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 11th March 2018

Economic Times

The UIDAI has flagged low Aadhaar enrolment and updating at nearly 2,500 out of over 7,000 bank branches that have started the facility, and ... The Aadhaar-issuing body is of the view that the enrolment or updating activity carried out in each of these laggard branches must be at least 16 per day.

Times of India

"I was asked for my Aadhaar when I went for a test to a private hospital. When I refused to give it, the person asked for my husband's Aadhaar. It was just absurd. But they backed off when I refused to give it," she says adding that it is not so much the project but its implementation that is being used as a ...

Times of India

To curb age fraud in various national and state-level wrestling competitions, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has made the Aadhaar card mandatory for ... “Aadhaar has been made compulsory for all senior, junior and cadet categories in national and state-level wrestling championships to prevent ...

Times of India

"So far, as many as 32 crore Aadhaar numbers have been linked to voters' ID cards. Another 54.5 crore will be done as soon as we get a nod from the Supreme Court," he told reporters on the sidelines of the 14th National Conference of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an NGO, here.

The Hindu

Despite recent reiteration by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that no essential services or benefits would be denied to genuine beneficiaries for want of Aadhaar, there have been several such cases across the State. While a major chunk of these denials have been in the Public ...

Daily News & Analysis

While Indian citizens have been arguing and debating for several months over their Right to Privacy when it comes to applying for an Aadhaar card, a number of immigrants who have lived here for several years have applied and possess a unique identity (UID), the Times of India reported. According to ...

Times of India

BENGALURU: Procuring an Aadhaar card as proof of identity (PoI) to secure access to bank accounts and statefunded benefits is not difficult, considering that Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) allows citizens to pick from a list of 35 documents which can be submitted as proof of address ...

Times of India

Replying to a question on anomalies in voters list, Yogi said, “The state government will send a proposal to Centre for having a single voters' list for civic, assembly and general elections in UP. This list should be linked with Aadhaar to weed out all anomalies. An 11-member committee headed by health ...

The Tribune

Meanwhile, Professor Chavan said: “There is no policy as such for making Aadhaar card mandatory for patients. On the hindsight, we are working in the direction of making full use of Aadhaar. All this is being done to lessen long queues at our registration counters. For example, a lot of time is consumed ...

Eastern Mirror

Bengaluru, March 10 (PTI): As many as 32 crore Aadhaar numbers have been linked to voter ID cards, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said ... Karnataka-based Mathew Thomas had moved the apex court in November challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act claiming that it ...

The Telegraph

Everyone and his brother wants to hook up with your Aadhaar biometric identity number today. Or maybe you missed the deadline last Thursday, and have realised it when you tried to send your son pocket money via PayTM. “REQUEST FAILED: Money cannot be transferred,” PayTM tells you. Aadhaar ...

The Telegraph

Guwahati: Officials engaged as supervisors for Aadhaar enrolment in Guwahati said the exercise could take time as the government was yet to decide whether the verification process would be carried out manually or digitally. The Assam government has already moved the Supreme Court for extension ...

United News of India

Gorakhpur, Mar 11(UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, mooting the idea for unified electoral rolls for the Assembly/Lok Sabha and the local bodies -- has said that the voters list should be linked with Aadhaar. The announcement was made by CM here at the Gorakhsnath temple on ...

SportsCafe

“Aadhaar has been made compulsory for all senior, junior and cadet categories in national and state-level wrestling championships to prevent fraudulent activities in the sport,” WFI secretary Vinod Tomar told TOI. “This (move) will weed out dishonest wrestlers who forge documents and commit age fraud ...

Times Now

While many think that Aadhar linking with Paytm is a tiresome and complicated process, it is rather easy to link your Aadhaar details with e-wallets. While it is an important part of the 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) policy, e-wallets like Paytm are constantly reminding its users about the importance of ...

News World India

The Election Commission (EC) has changed its stance on linking Aadhaar ID with voter cards, as it filed a revised application with the Supreme Court seeking mandatory linkage of the Aadhaar card with voter id cards. Although the EC did encourage the linking of Aadhaar with voter ID cards, its position ...

The Hindu

The administration has deployed mobile Aadhaar enrolment units to reach out to them, and so far has enrolled 11,261 bedridden persons, including the elderly, and 3,162 homeless children staying in various organisations. It has also conducted a special drive for transgenders, registering 45 of them.

The New Indian Express

However, Aadhaar number of students is necessary to the upload marks cards. But the High Court said the department cannot access students'Aadhaar details. Now, department officials are discussing with NIC about ways to upload marks cards and other documents without the Aadhaar number.

Times of India

However, these constant questions affect the sanctity of the institution. These questions, be it the matters of Judge Loya, Aadhaar, Hadiya, at some point, we need to call it a day," Anand said, referring to the death of the judge, who was presiding over the trial of the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case, ...