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  Aadhaar Amendment Bill gets Cabinet nod, to be introduced in coming Parliament session

  India | June 12, 2019 21:23 IST

  The Bill -- which will be in form of amendment to Aadhaar Act 2016 and other laws and will replace an ordinance issued in March, 2019 -- also proposes stiff penalties for violation of norms.

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  Government makes Aadhaar mandatory for subsidised cooking gas

  October 05, 2016 9:07 IST

  Subsidised cooking gas will now be available only those who have Aadhaar cards. The government on Tuesday made Aadhaar mandatory for availing LPG subsidies but has given two months grace period for citizens to get the unique identification number.

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  SC seeks govt’s view on Jairam Ramesh's plea opposing Aadhaar bill as a money bill

  India | April 25, 2016 14:55 IST

  The Supreme Court today sought assistance of Attorney General on a plea of senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh challenging the decision to treat Aadhaar bill as a money bill, which was passed during Budget session last month, overruling amendments m

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  Aadhaar Bill: Jaitley explains why Lok Sabha rejected RS amendments

  Politics | March 19, 2016 15:00 IST

  Justifying Lok Sabha's rejecting the amendments made by the Upper House to the Aadhaar Bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said adoption of changes would have pushed the legislation, aimed at streamlining the payment of benefits, into realms of uncon

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  NDA’s Aadhar Bill stronger than UPA’s: Nandan Nilekani

  Politics | March 17, 2016 13:50 IST

  Nandan Nilekani has said that the NDA government’s Aadhaar Bill has enough safeguards and this is ‘probably the most stringent law on privacy till date in the country’.

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  Parliament clears Aadhar Bill without any changes, all amendments rejected

  Politics | March 16, 2016 22:29 IST

  The government today made a strong pitch for the Aadhar Bill contending that the money spent by the government on account of various subsidies and welfare schemes need to reach the right people.