Plastic/PVC Aadhaar Smart Card not usable: UIDAI
India | Feb 07, 2018, 06:33 AM ISTThe government body clarified that preference to more attractive plastic or PVC smart cards can make people fall to ploys of unscrupulous elements.
The government body clarified that preference to more attractive plastic or PVC smart cards can make people fall to ploys of unscrupulous elements.
The situation also prompted the Madarise Arbia Teachers Association to write to the Madrasa Shiksha Board in this regard.
Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad asserted that the Aadhaar data was fully safe and secure.
If the govt says that linking of Aadhaar with social welfare schemes has helped in weeding out ineligible beneficiaries and plugging pilferage of outgoings, SC bench wondered if it was "possible for the court to maintain some balance".
The President hailed the Prime Minister's Rural Digital Literacy Programme, saying the government has started the world's largest digital literacy programme in the country.
The UIDAI on Sunday sought to allay fears over data protection and privacy issues around the 12 digit biometric identifier, asserting that Aadhaar is an identification not a profiling tool.
The announcement was made at a session "Oxford Dictionaries' Hindi Word of the Year" during the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival here.
Philippines has reportedly expressed interest in India's Unique identification system - Aadhaar.
The Supreme Court will today continue hearing a slew of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, as it was left inconclusive on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court will today continue hearing a number of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar card.
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Friday said it will be able to eliminate multiple account numbers of an individual once the process of linking Aadhaar is complete.
The argument was made during the hearing on the Aadhaar issue by senior advocate Shyam Divan before a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
The Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench will continue hearing pleas filed with regards to the Aadhaar case today.
Senior advocate P Chidambaram said though objections were raised on the Aadhaar bill in the Rajya Sabha, nothing could be done as it was held as money bill by the Lok Sabha Speaker.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by CJI today began hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar programme and its enabling Act of 2016.
The Aadhaar myth buster series is aimed at quelling fears that the ID or its number can be used to track private activities of its owners or to persecute them on the basis of the information.
A five-judge SC bench will commence the hearing on a range of crucial matters from January 17, including Aadhaar, Section 377, Sabarimala, religious identity of women after marriage and several others.
In August, a nine judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that Indians enjoy a fundamental right to privacy, now the court will look at whether or not Aadhaar violates an individual’s privacy.
The UIDAI today allowed face recognition as additional means of Aadhaar authentication to be used in combination with existing ways such as fingerprint or iris scan.
Using the newly launched feature, cardholders will be able to generate their 'Virtual ID' for various purposes including SIM verification.
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