-The Hindu Business Line It appears so, going by the various steps taken by the government in that direction New Delhi: The government seems set to make the Aadhaar number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India the primary identification number for all citizens of the country for not just delivery of services and benefits but also to keep track of financial transactions of each individual and curb tax evasion. This is...
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Modi's Digital India dream souring? Value of digital transactions recedes -Abhishek Waghmare
-IndiaSpend This puts in peril the government's target to achieve 25 billion digital transactions in 2017-18 The value of digital transactions nationwide declined marginally (1.5%) to Rs 92.6 lakh crore ($1.4 trillion) in February 2017 from Rs 94 lakh crore in November 2016 ($1.42 trillion), according to representative data (provisional) on electronic payments released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The data do not cover all transactions across all banks. But, card...
More »Aadhar to be made mandatory for filing I-T return, applying for PAN card
-The Times of India/ PTI NEW DELHI: The government has proposed to make Aadhaar card mandatory for filing income tax return and also applying for permanent account number (PAN). The new proposal has been made through an amendment to the Finance Bill. Recently, the I-T department had announced a Mobile app for paying taxes and tracking of refunds. It had also said it was considering issuing PANs on real time basis using Aadhaar...
More »Aadhaar may be getting too big for its own good -Mihir Sharma
-Livemint.com Aadhaar’s designers promised a robust privacy legislation, but the current government’s stance is that Indians have no fundamental right to privacy To govern India is to be constantly overwhelmed. So much needs to be done, and there’s so little to do it with. It’s hardly surprising that the Indian state is rarely ambitious. It seeks to manage, not to transform. One recent government initiative, less than a decade old, is by contrast...
More »Kolkata's 'barefoot' doc who treats poor, refugees for free -Indrani Dutta
-The Hindu British doctor started with a roadside clinic, was deported from Bangladesh and jailed in Bengal There was nothing on his wrinkled face or in his demeanour, to give an inkling of the remarkable life that he has led over the past four decades. Age has withered him, but has not broken the indomitable spirit of this octogenarian. Dressed carelessly, he stood with just a little stoop, talking affably, shaking hands with...
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