Aadhaar Linking

Changes brought in by SC's Aadhaar verdict come as relief, but judgment remains major disappointment

Overall, the impact of the Supreme Court's Aadhaar verdict is to retain the unique ID scheme, but bringing the rampant mandating to a halt comes as a relief.

UIDAI’s FAQs published in national dailies present a very narrow perspective on Aadhaar and still leave a lot of questions unanswered

The UIDAI on 3rd April published a list of Frequently Asked Questions in national dailies, in an effort to address concerns with Aadhaar.

Aadhaar hearing: Section 7 exception in Supreme Court’s interim order greatly affects people’s constitutional rights

This has a significant impact on their constitutional rights, in particular, their right to life and liberty, even before the Supreme Court has passed its final verdict on the matter.

Aadhaar must for opening bank accounts and applying for tatkal passport: UIDAI

UIDAI on Tuesday said the requirement of Aadhaar for opening new bank accounts or applying for Tatkal passports will continue, while the deadline for linking it to existing bank accounts and PAN has been extended by the Supreme Court

Deadline to link Aadhaar with govt schemes, mobiles, banks can be extended beyond 31 March, Centre tells SC

The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that if required it might consider extending the 31 March deadline for linking Aadhaar to various government schemes as well as mobile phones and bank accounts.

Bombay High Court refuses to defer Centre's 31 March deadline for linking Aadhaar to ration card

The Bombay High Court has refused to defer the 31 March deadline imposed by the Union government for linking Aadhaar to ration card.

Despite Centre's Aadhaar push, its benefits for poor are unclear and impact on PDS is not fully known, claims RBI report

The benefits of Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based unique national identity system–the world’s largest–are unclear and the impact of direct benefit transfers it will be used to deliver to the poor is not studied enough, a new study published by an arm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has concluded.

Govt extends deadline for linking Aadhaar with saving schemes like post office deposits, Kisan Vikas Patra

"It has now been decided to extend the last date for submission of 'Aadhaar' number from 31 December, 2017 to 31 March, 2018," a Finance Ministry notification said.

Facebook's sign up process is prompting some users to enter their real name as per their Aadhaar card

In theory, it is nice to integrate Aadhaar with Facebook to tackle problems of online harassment and trolling as it will counter the issue of fake accounts.

Aadhaar linking: Willing to extend deadlines to 31 March, Centre tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court would hear petitions challenging mandatory linking of Aadhaar after its constitution bench concludes hearing the Delhi-Centre dispute