-Counter Currents The Aadhaar scheme of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is to provide India's billion-plus people with a unique identification number. Enrolling into the scheme was and still is not mandatory, though it was mentioned that it would be difficult for people to access public services in the absence of enrolment. The scheme requires individuals to provide their photograph, fingerprints and iris scan together with documentary personal information,...
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Aadhaar enrolment may take four more months-B Chandrashekhar
-The Hindu Hyderabad: Completion of Aadhaar enrolment, opening of bank accounts for all beneficiaries of welfare schemes and seeding of Unique Identity numbers with the bank accounts in the State is likely to take over six months, notwithstanding the government plans to wind up the work over the next two months. Official sources told The Hindu that it would take nothing less than four months to complete the exercise in all respects...
More »Questions for Mr. Nilekani-SG Vombatkere
-The Hindu The architects of the unique identification scheme are yet to provide satisfactory answers to concerns about data security The Aadhaar scheme of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is to provide India’s billion-plus people with a unique identification number. Enrolment is not mandatory, though it was mentioned that it would be difficult for people to access public services if not done. The scheme requires individuals to provide their photograph,...
More »Aadhaar is a Number, Not an ID Card: Montek
-Outlook Seeking to set at rest controversy over Aadhaar, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said UID is a number and not an identity card. "The Aadhaar is actually a number, linked to that number is a biometric record which is centrally stored. The (Aadhaar) number comes in a form of card. But that card is not an identity card," Ahluwalia told PTI when asked about the raging controversy over...
More »2 mths to go, 53% national population register work pending -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With a deadline of March 31, the office of the director, Census 2011, which is supposed to put together the national population register (NPR) has a challenging task at hand. They have to biometrically enrol over 80 lakh Delhiites, which is now mandatory under law. Even those who have already enrolled for Aadhaar UID cards will have to enrol for NPR, as it will link...
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