After the Supreme Court’s Judgment on Aadhaar, UIDAI had instructed Mobile Operators in India to submit their Aadhaar Exit Plan. And on this note Mobile Operators like Vodafone, Jio and Airtel has submitted their Aadhaar Exit Plan on discontinuing Aadhaar based authentication to UIDAI. All these above three telecoms has also raised issue, saying this unexpected change in KYC will need more investments which will further burden the financially stretched operators. However they are also … [Read more...]
Offline Tools Introduced by Government for Verification of Aadhaar
To overcome from the fear of breach of privacy, surveillance, and data mining, The Government of India have come up with Offline Aadhaar Verification tools. The Offline Aadhaar Verification tools verifies authenticity of Aadhaar via QR Codes and Paperless KYC, which will not require beneficiary to furnish their biometrics or it will not even involve servers of UIDAI for authentication. The best part about this offline verification tool is that the residents will not have to disclose their … [Read more...]
Supreme Court’s Verdict Out on what needs to be linked and what Not with Aadhaar
The Supreme Court of India Judgment has been out on Aadhaar stating what all things needs to be linked and what all things are not to be linked with Aadhaar. On Wednesday 26th September 2018, The Supreme Court of India delivered an historic judgment on Aadhaar, by upholding the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act, and also said obtaining Aadhaar would still remain voluntary. The Supreme Court of India’s Verdict on Aadhaar The Supreme Court of India said no individual’s right … [Read more...]
Aadhaar Card Not Mandatory for UGC-NET or JEE-Main
National Testing Agency (NTA) has clarified the query of the students "whether providing Aadhaar Number is mandatory while applying for University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) or Joint Entrance Examination-Main (JEE-Main)?" Yes! Aadhaar Number is not mandatory for candidates applying for UGC-NET or JEE-Main, in the place students can enter any of other valid government identity number like Passport Number, Ration Card Number, Voting Card Number, and Bank Account … [Read more...]
UIDAI Requested Enrolment Agencies in Kerala to Provide Free e-Aadhaar Printouts
The Unique Identification Authority of India has directed Aadhaar Enrolment Agencies including Banks and Post Offices in Kerala, to enable 12 digit Aadhaar retrieval service and to provide free printouts to Aadhaar Holders who have lost their document in recent flood situation. Residents in Kerala can take e-Aadhaar Printouts from Aadhaar Enrolment Centers by providing their Name and by completing Biometric Authentication. If resident don't have their Aadhaar Number or Aadhaar Enrolment … [Read more...]