-The Business Standard A Supreme Court interim order says it should not, but the issues involved may not be quite so clear cut Even as the Supreme Court sits to hear arguments on the applicability of the unique identification number, popularly known as aadhaar, the debate around the unique identification number has already shifted from its success or reach to whether it should be mandatory. In an interim order, the apex court...
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None without aadhaar would be denied benefits -Samanwaya Rautray
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government, in a bind over a recent Supreme Court order asking it to desist from linking social welfare schemes with its ambitious unique identity card aadhaar, on Monday held out an assurance to the top court that no one would be deprived of any social welfare benefits for not holding aadhaar. The government said while it had initiated the scheme to provide benefit transfers using aadhaar...
More »SC order will have 'serious implications' on welfare implementation: UIDAI
-PTI Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has joined government and PSU oil firms against the Supreme Court order making aadhaar card not mandatory for availing social benefits saying, its directive has "very serious implications" in the implementation of welfare schemes. The UIDAI also contended that its order dated September 23, putting the onus on it to check that aadhaar card should not be given to illegal immigrants, impinges on the jurisdiction...
More »Government, OMCs send petitions to alter aadhaar ruling-Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu "Only subsidy and not service has been made conditional on providing the aadhaar number" The Supreme Court order on aadhaar is expected to provide relief to more than 24 lakh people in 20 districts who would have got locked out of access to subsidised LPG gas cylinders, for not having valid UID cards that are linked to banks. The court in its interim order had said that no one should be...
More »Punch in recipient's aadhaar number to transfer funds
-The Economic Times MUMBAI: Bank account holders can now send money to any individual through mobile banking by merely entering the recipient's aadhaar number. National Payments Corporation of India, which launched aadhaar-based remittances on Wednesday, sees its use in micro-payments such as taxi fares and small purchases. The transfers can be done using the most basic phones through SMS for small amounts or through mobile banking apps for amounts over Rs...
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