-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...
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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...
More »UPA ready for Aadhaar battle on two flanks -Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu The Union Cabinet approved the bill it had earlier sent to Parliament with just a few amendments On Aadhaar, the UPA has decided to take on the Supreme Court as well as the Opposition. The government on Tuesday defended Aadhaar before the Supreme Court asking for relief from the interim orders. It has decided to argue that the judiciary has encroached upon its executive decision-making space with the order. In...
More »Cabinet Approves Bill to Give Statutory Status to uidAI
-Outlook The Union Cabinet today approved the National Identification Authority of India Bill that will give statutory status to the uidAI. Official sources said the bill, which was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this morning, may be tabled during the winter session of Parliament. Besides giving statutory status to the Unique Identification Authority of India (uidAI), the Bill seeks to provide legal backing to...
More »The uid Crisis: Don't waste it-Surabhi Agarwal
-The Business Standard The next catastrophe to hit uid will be on breach of privacy, which will happen sooner than later Tech czar and soon to be politician Nandan Nilekani joined Twitter last week and already has some 650 plus followers. The man shunned all forms of social media during the last four years as the chief of the unique identify (uid) or Aadhaar project. So this sudden change in strategy is...
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