-The Hindu 'Privacy argument will hit governance' Highlighting the need for a comprehensive law on data protection, the Unique Identification Authority of India (uidAI) informed a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Centre has constituted a committee of experts, led by former Supreme Court judge, Justice B.N. Srikrishna, to identify “key data protection issues” and suggest a draft data protection Bill. Appearing before the Bench led by Chief Justice...

-Livemint.com The Aadhaar project is a textbook example of how not to design and execute a public policy initiative in India When it was first launched in 2009, Aadhaar signalled a promise to repair the corroded plumbing of India’s leaky public delivery systems. The unique biometric identity would help reduce duplicate and ghost entries in the list of beneficiaries of government schemes, and pave the way for direct benefit transfers to them...

-PTI Aadhaar-issuing authority uidAI has asked states to ensure that all enrolments, even those by private agencies, shift to government or municipal premises by September this year New Delhi: Aadhaar-issuing authority Unique Identification Authority of India (uidAI) has asked states to ensure that all enrolments, even those by private agencies, shift to government or municipal premises from external sites by September this year. The move will have a bearing on 25,000 active enrolment...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government said on Saturday that filing income tax returns and applications for permanent account number or PAN cards will, from July 1, mandatorily require Aadhaar cards, or at least the applicant's enrolment number for the unique identity (uid). The order came a day after the Supreme Court upheld the law, Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, that mandates the possession of Aadhaar cards...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a major victory for the Narendra Modi government that is set on making Aadhaar compulsory for several kinds of transactions, the Supreme Court upheld on Friday the law making the uid number a must for filing income tax returns and its linkage to PAN card. In what could cheer up the government, which faced anxious times while defending validity of Section 139AA of the Income...