Aadhaar

Govt extends deadline to link Aadhaar with voter ID till 31 March, 2024; check steps

People can now link their Aadhaar card with Voter ID both online as well as via SMS. However, the Centre mentioned that the Aadhaar-Voter linking is voluntary and not a mandate

Explained: What should you do when your Aadhaar card is stolen?

Prem Raj Hutagi, who misplaced his Aadhaar twice last year, was shocked when police turned up at his home asking questions about the Mangaluru terror blast. Here’s what you should do to protect yourself if your Aadhaar is stolen or lost

How to lock and unlock your biometric details in Aadhaar

Aadhaar details can uniquely identify a resident of India and care must be taken to prevent any misuse. One way to secure Aadhaar details is by locking the biometric details of an Aadhaar

TMC claims poll officials forcing people to link voter ID with Aadhaar; EC says it is 'voluntary'

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale, citing tweets by the Internet Freedom Foundation, said there have been 'many cases' of election officials calling up people forcing them to link voter ID with Aadhaar numbers

Anganwadi scheme open to all beneficiaries, Aadhaar registration mandatory, says Government

The government released new guidelines for the 'Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2' policy, which promote Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries to ensure last-mile tracking of take-home rations and tracking of migration of pregnant women and lactating mothers

99.9% adults in India have Aadhaar number and ‘use it at least once a month’, says UIDAI

The overall Aadhaar coverage stands at 92.7 per cent, with nearly 100 per cent coverage amongst adults, 92.5 per cent coverage among children between 5-18 years of age, and 25 per cent amongst children below five years, according to a booklet released by the agency

'Bug bounty programme': UIDAI calls for 20 top ethical hackers to understand vulnerabilities in Aadhaar data security

According to an order by the UIDAI, 20 individual hackers or groups would be given a chance to study the UIDAI’s Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) that stores the Aadhaar data of 1.32 billion Indians

UIDAI, which manages Aadhaar data, to go local for IT needs to avoid malware or embedded code

UIDAI has decided to establish a Proof of Concept environment at UIDAI office, located at Bengaluru, to facilitate Indian OEMs to demonstrate their products and capabilities

Centre withdraws advisory against sharing photocopy of Aadhaar with entities

Earlier, a press release issued by the Bengaluru Regional Office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) asked the general public not to share photocopy of one's Aadhaar with any organisation because it can be misused

Citing misuse, UIDAI suggests sharing 'masked' Aadhaar instead of photocopies

The suggestion comes as part of the UIDAI’s warning, issued on Sunday, to not share photocopies of Aadhaar with any organisations citing its misuse