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Mizoram To Start Biometric Enrolment Drive For Displaced Foreign Nationals
The Mizoram government has announced that it will initiate the biometric enrolment process for displaced persons from Myanmar and Bangladeshi nationals who are taking shelter in the state.
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Mizoram May Seize IDs Of Refugees Who Often Cross Border To And From Myanmar
The Mizoram government is considering confiscating the identity cards of Myanmar refugees who repeatedly cross the international border to and from the neighbouring country, an official said on Friday.
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Aadhaar Enrolment for Newborns With Birth Certificates Said to Be Expanded to All States Soon
Aadhaar enrolment for newborns along with birth certificates is expected to be available in all states in the next few months, expanding beyond 16 states currently offering the facility, according to government sources.
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UIDAI to Prompt Aadhaar Card Holders to Update Biometrics Once Every 10 Years, Says Official
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will encourage people to voluntarily update their biometric data every 10 years. This could drive people to update their Aadhaar over time. Aadhaar card holders above the age of 70 years will be excluded from this. At present, children aged between five and 15 years are required to update their biome...
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Yogi Adityanath Government Implements Biometric Attendance System In Primary Schools
The Yogi Adityanth government has decided to implement biometric attendance systems for over 1.5 crore children enrolled in 1.5 lakh primary schools.
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Tamil Nadu Launches Door-Step Aadhaar Enrollment For Children Below 5
The Tamil Nadu government has launched a scheme to provide the door-step registration for Aadhaar for children under the age of five. The scheme, worth Rs 13.61 crore, will help collect the biometric data of children from their homes to issue them their unique Aadhaar number, an official statement said.
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UIDAI Says Stringent Processes in Place, Slams Aadhaar Enrolment Software Breach Reports
The statement comes after reports of alleged tampering of the Aadhaar enrolment software and being sold in the black market.
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New Blue Coloured Aadhaar Card Launched: How To Apply And Other Key Details
A child's blue coloured 'Baal Aadhaar' card data does not include biometrics information (through fingerprint and iris scans), according to the UIDAI.
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Elderly Bengaluru Woman Gets Aadhaar Without Biometrics As Special Case
A 65-year-old Bengaluru woman, who lost her hands and vision due to leprosy, was enrolled for an Aadhaar card without the mandatory biometrics of her iris and fingerprints to restore her monthly welfare pension, her doctor said.
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Government Saved $9 Billion, Thanks To Aadhaar: Nandan Nilekani
The Aadhaar programme has saved the government $9 billion by weeding out fake beneficiaries of government schemes, its architect Nandan Nilekani has said. With over one billion people enrolled in the national biometric identity programme, it is easier for an emerging economy as India to grow fast by building the right digital infrastructure, Mr Nil...
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Do Your Aadhaar, PAN Details Match? What To Do
If your Aadhaar details require updation, you have two ways to request changes: online and by visiting the enrolment centre.
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Aadhaar-PAN Linking Mandatory From July 1, Government Notifies Rules
The government has made it mandatory to link existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN of taxpayers with effect from July 1. Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrollment ID a must at the time of application of Permanent Account Number (PAN).
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Aadhaar Applications With the Same Biometrics Spotted; UIDAI Files FIR
UIDAI alleges that "a single person with the same parameters of biometric information has got himself enrolled under two different identities".
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A Billion Indian Identities at Risk as PM Modi Widens Digital Reach
The UIDAI said it had shut 12 private websites and 12 mobile applications for illegally obtaining Aadhaar numbers or enrollment details.
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1.05 Billion Aadhar Cards Issued, Challenge To Enrol Remaining 20 Crore: UIDAI
With 1.05 billion Aadhar biometric ID cards issued till date, the government and regulator are ahead of the curve in the use of IT to set up a national digital payments infrastructure, a senior official has said.
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Mizoram To Start Biometric Enrolment Drive For Displaced Foreign Nationals
The Mizoram government has announced that it will initiate the biometric enrolment process for displaced persons from Myanmar and Bangladeshi nationals who are taking shelter in the state.
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Mizoram May Seize IDs Of Refugees Who Often Cross Border To And From Myanmar
The Mizoram government is considering confiscating the identity cards of Myanmar refugees who repeatedly cross the international border to and from the neighbouring country, an official said on Friday.
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Aadhaar Enrolment for Newborns With Birth Certificates Said to Be Expanded to All States Soon
Aadhaar enrolment for newborns along with birth certificates is expected to be available in all states in the next few months, expanding beyond 16 states currently offering the facility, according to government sources.
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UIDAI to Prompt Aadhaar Card Holders to Update Biometrics Once Every 10 Years, Says Official
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will encourage people to voluntarily update their biometric data every 10 years. This could drive people to update their Aadhaar over time. Aadhaar card holders above the age of 70 years will be excluded from this. At present, children aged between five and 15 years are required to update their biome...
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Yogi Adityanath Government Implements Biometric Attendance System In Primary Schools
The Yogi Adityanth government has decided to implement biometric attendance systems for over 1.5 crore children enrolled in 1.5 lakh primary schools.
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Tamil Nadu Launches Door-Step Aadhaar Enrollment For Children Below 5
The Tamil Nadu government has launched a scheme to provide the door-step registration for Aadhaar for children under the age of five. The scheme, worth Rs 13.61 crore, will help collect the biometric data of children from their homes to issue them their unique Aadhaar number, an official statement said.
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UIDAI Says Stringent Processes in Place, Slams Aadhaar Enrolment Software Breach Reports
The statement comes after reports of alleged tampering of the Aadhaar enrolment software and being sold in the black market.
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New Blue Coloured Aadhaar Card Launched: How To Apply And Other Key Details
A child's blue coloured 'Baal Aadhaar' card data does not include biometrics information (through fingerprint and iris scans), according to the UIDAI.
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Elderly Bengaluru Woman Gets Aadhaar Without Biometrics As Special Case
A 65-year-old Bengaluru woman, who lost her hands and vision due to leprosy, was enrolled for an Aadhaar card without the mandatory biometrics of her iris and fingerprints to restore her monthly welfare pension, her doctor said.
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Government Saved $9 Billion, Thanks To Aadhaar: Nandan Nilekani
The Aadhaar programme has saved the government $9 billion by weeding out fake beneficiaries of government schemes, its architect Nandan Nilekani has said. With over one billion people enrolled in the national biometric identity programme, it is easier for an emerging economy as India to grow fast by building the right digital infrastructure, Mr Nil...
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Do Your Aadhaar, PAN Details Match? What To Do
If your Aadhaar details require updation, you have two ways to request changes: online and by visiting the enrolment centre.
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Aadhaar-PAN Linking Mandatory From July 1, Government Notifies Rules
The government has made it mandatory to link existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN of taxpayers with effect from July 1. Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrollment ID a must at the time of application of Permanent Account Number (PAN).
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Aadhaar Applications With the Same Biometrics Spotted; UIDAI Files FIR
UIDAI alleges that "a single person with the same parameters of biometric information has got himself enrolled under two different identities".
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A Billion Indian Identities at Risk as PM Modi Widens Digital Reach
The UIDAI said it had shut 12 private websites and 12 mobile applications for illegally obtaining Aadhaar numbers or enrollment details.
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1.05 Billion Aadhar Cards Issued, Challenge To Enrol Remaining 20 Crore: UIDAI
With 1.05 billion Aadhar biometric ID cards issued till date, the government and regulator are ahead of the curve in the use of IT to set up a national digital payments infrastructure, a senior official has said.
