Maharashtra Becomes First State to Link UID with Employee Salaries
Government of Maharashtra became the first State Government to successfully link UID (Aadhaar) with salaries of State Government employees. The pilot was successfully completed when all employees of...
View ArticleAadhaar to be Used for Passports
The Unique Identification Authority of India is in talks is in talks with the Union External Affairs Ministry to link the Aadhaar card to the passport issuing process to make it simpler. In a workshop...
View ArticleAadhaar enabled Know Your Customer Process Becomes Paperless.
The electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) service of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is transforming the entire KYC process by making it paperless, instantaneous, secure,...
View ArticleATMs to Scan UID Biometrics
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is preparing directive to improve security and promote financial inclusion. All new credit card swipe machines and automated teller machines (ATMs) will be required to...
View ArticleUIDAI Launches its Multi-Lingual Website
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched its multi-lingual website consistent with its commitment to reach out to all sections of the populace. The website, www.uidai.gov.in, will...
View ArticleAadhaar Card Voluntary,Not Mandatory : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently said Aadhaar cards are not mandatory for availing government services such as domestic cooking gas, food subsidy, marriage certificates, salary reimbursements and other...
View ArticleKarnataka to roll Aadhar-based DBT of LPG in 21 district
The Karnataka government and banks, based on the Centre’s guidelines, have decided to implement the Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme in 21 districts. The scheme has already...
View ArticleNandan Nilekani hopes to achieve target of issuing 60 crore Aadhar numbers by...
Nandan Nilekani, chairman, UIDAI expressed hopes that the target of issuing 60 crore Aadhaar numbers would be met by 2014, saying so far 47 crore people have already received them. “We have issued 47...
View ArticleNasscom Product Council launches Aadhaar Diffusion Project
Nasscom Product Council on Tuesday announced the launch of the Aadhaar Diffusion Project in collaboration with UIDAI to accelerate the development of applications and services that leverage the Aadhaar...
View ArticleIndia crosses 1 billion egovernance transactions
India crosses 1 billion egovernance transactions so far this year. “It is an important milestone for India’s egovernance initiative,” said J Satyanarayana, secretary in the department of electronics...
View ArticleMaharashtra bags apex position in UID
Outshining Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra has emerged as the leading state in India for UID Generation. As per the officially disclosed information, the state currently has generated UID for 7,67,88,675...
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Modi to take UPA’s Aadhaar, DBT schemes forward
It’s official now. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will carry forward the erstwhile UPA government’s flagship Aadhaar project and the Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme. Giving the Aadhaar programmes...
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73.7 crore Aadhaar enrolments recorded till mid-July
There have been 73.71 crore Aadhaar registrations till mid-July, with 8.45 crore applications rejected because of various reasons. Responding to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State...
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Nashik jail inmates to get Aadhaar cards
Authorities in the Nashik Road Central Prison have initiated a programme that would allow jail inmates to apply for Aadhaar cards. Till now, around 275 jail inmates have filled the forms for this...
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Modi to track bureaucrats’ attendance through Aadhaar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now keep track of his bureaucrats through a centralised biometric attendance system linked to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)’s Aadhaar project....
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Banks to become fully Aadhaar-enabled in September
Opening of bank accounts would be a simple process, with branches of all banks to be Aadhaar-enabled this very month. Once the process is complete, people will be able to open accounts using their...
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UIDAI generates five crore Aadhaar numbers in UP
One fourth of the population of Uttar Pradesh has been enrolled in Unique Identification (UID) project, generating more than five crore unique Aadhaar numbers, the Unique Identification Authority of...
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Govt launches website to track employee attendance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government has launched a Biometric Attendance System (BAS) for government employees. Attendance.gov.in will keep a track on the attendance records of employees....
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Aadhaar to keep check on bogus voters
To put a curb to the menace of false voter ID cards and to increase the poll percentage the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to link Aadhaar numbers with Electoral Photo...
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Government mulls mandatory linking of SIM and Aadhaar
In a new revelation, the government is planning to make linking of Aadhaar numbers and SIM connections mandatory. This motion will eliminate ghost users and curb the misuse of mobile phones for any...
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