Unique Identification Authority Of India

How To Upload Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, Driving License On DigiLocker

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Wednesday April 17, 2019

DigiLocker has partnered with UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) to allow citizens to access their digital Aadhaar card number. Digital Aadhaar is same as the eAadhaar.

Top Court Says Aadhaar-PAN Linking Mandatory For Filing Income Tax Return: 10 Things To Know

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Wednesday February 6, 2019

Linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar or Unique Identity Number, a 12-digit personal identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India is mandatory for filing of income tax return (ITR), the Supreme Court said in an order on Monday. The top court's direction came on an appeal filed by the Centre against a De...

Law Doesn't Allow Biometrics Tech To Identify Bodies: Aadhaar Authority

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 5, 2019

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it was not legally and technologically feasible to use Aadhaar biometrics for forensic purposes like identification of dead people.

Giving Aadhaar Details For Bank Accounts, SIM Cards To Be Made Voluntary

India News | Written by Sunil Prabhu | Monday December 10, 2018

The Narendra Modi government has decided to make disclosure of Aadhaar details optional for people while opening a bank account or getting a mobile connection. A cabinet note for making suitable amendments to the Aadhaar Act-2016 during the winter session of parliament has already been moved.

In Aadhaar Data Security Case, UIDAI Gets More Time To File Response

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted four more weeks to the UIDAI to file its response on a plea raising concerns about Aadhaar data security and privacy of individuals, in the wake of reported leak of personal information of people from the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) database.

Aadhaar Can Be India's Wall Against Illegal Immigrants, Says Top Official

India News | Written By Ankita Mukherji | Saturday November 17, 2018

Aadhaar can act as a digital wall capable of preventing the re-entry of illegal immigrants into the system once their enrolment has been cancelled, a top official of the Unique Identification Authority of India has told NDTV.

Not Possible To Use Biometrics To Identify Dead: Aadhaar Body To Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 12, 2018

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) told the Delhi High Court on Monday that it was technically not possible to match the fingerprints of an unidentified body with the biometrics of 120 crore people stored in its database.

UIDAI To Set Up 114 Aadhaar Seva Kendras Across India

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 30, 2018

To provide hassle-free Aadhaar enrolment services, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday said that it was going to set up Aadhaar Seva Kendras across the country on the lines of the Passport Seva Kendras.

Aadhaar Data To Identify Dead Bodies? Top Court Refuses To Hear Plea

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 29, 2018

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to use Aadhaar biometrics of unidentified dead bodies to trace their identity.

UIDAI Plans To Set Up Aadhaar Seva Kendras Across India

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 9, 2018

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) plans to set up 'Aadhaar Seva Kendras', similar to the concept of Passport Seva Kendras, covering 53 cities across India, official sources said.

Submit Aadhaar De-Linking Plan Within 15 Days, Telecom Firms Told

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday October 1, 2018

Telecom companies have been given 15 days by the Unique Identification Authority of India to give a plan to stop using Aadhaar number for customer authentication.

How UIDAI Chief's PowerPoint Presentation Helped In Aadhaar Verdict

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 27, 2018

The Supreme Court, which on Wednesday declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid, has extensively relied up on a power-point presentation made by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey to conclude that the scheme was safe.

Reasonable Restrictions On Aadhaar Will Further Strengthen It: UIDAI

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday September 26, 2018

Calling it historic and landmark, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar and said the reasonable conditions and restrictions imposed on the private usage of unique identity data would further strengthen it.

"Have Better, Stronger Aadhaar Now": Nandan Nilekani On Top Court Verdict

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Wednesday September 26, 2018

Nandan Nilekani, known as the architect of Aadhaar, had always been supportive of the national ID scheme. "Aadhaar will come out with flying colours," the former Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman had said amid privacy concerns. And today Mr Nilekani not only welcomed the "landmark judgment", he reiterated that the "unique id...

On Aadhaar, Justice Ashok Bhushan Concurs With Majority Verdict

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 26, 2018

Justice Ashok Bhushan, in his separate verdict in the Aadhaar case, concurred with the majority three-judge judgement and said that the government and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) were empowered to cure defects in the Aadhaar scheme.