Seeking to set at rest controversy over Aadhaar, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Saturday said UID is a number and not an identity card. "The Aadhaar is actually a number, linked to that number is a biometric record which is centrally stored. The (Aadhaar) number comes in a form of card. But that card is not an identity card," Ahluwalia said when asked about the raging controversy...
04:27 AM, Feb 03, 2013
The Direct Benefit Transfer initiative of the government has a prominent place in the possible strategies for a winning way for the Congress party in 2014. Initially sceptical, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has now strongly batted for Congress party's initiative as the 'single most important administrative reform'. ...
08:24 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Railways is planning linking of train tickets with Aadhaar cards to tackle the menace of touts in bookings. "We are exploring the possibility of linking Aadhaar system with issuing of train tickets and if this happens, the tout menace will be effectively curbed in ticketing system," Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Thursday. ...
09:31 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is setting up its data centre at Manesar in Haryana and this captive 'Green Data Centre' would be built as per global standards. While stating this on Sunday, an official spokesman said that this data centre would be one of the biggest data centres in the country. ...
03:21 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Aadhaar card was made mandatory from Monday for accessing various services provided by Delhi government like marriage registration, property registration and issuance of domicile ceritificate. "Aadhaar card has been made compulsory from today for accessing government services," a top official said. ...
01:30 AM, Jan 02, 2013
Sources say that many ministers opposed the scheme fearing that the hiccups in the scheme could hurt the party in the Lok Sabha polls. ...
07:41 AM, Jan 01, 2013
The government's ambitious scheme of direct cash transfer of subsidy to bank accounts of beneficiaries begins on Tuesday across 20 districts of the country with Finance Minister P Chidambaram describing the move as a "game changer". ...
01:17 AM, Jan 01, 2013
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) scheme to the targeted sections of people "will be a simple and error-free" arrangement with the utilisation of technology. Addressing officials of Puducherry government and various banks at a meeting organised by state level Bankers Committee here, Chidambaram said "with the availability of banking technology, the scheme is not a complex arrangement but an easy programme." ...
01:59 AM, Dec 25, 2012
Describing the proposed Direct Cash Transfer scheme a 'pure magic' that brings a big responsibility on banks for its implementation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday asked bankers to work with the government to make the scheme a success. ...
04:22 AM, Dec 23, 2012
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Saturday that Rs 600 per month is enough for a family of five to sustain itself. ...
04:37 PM, Dec 16, 2012
In a statement smacking of utter disregard for the poor, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Saturday that Rs 600 per month is enough for a family of five to sustain itself. "In Rs 600, he would get dal, rice and wheat. A family of five can easily complete their needs," Dikshit said while launching the UPA's new food security scheme Dilli Annashree Yojna. ...
01:23 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Expressing satisfaction over progress in implementation of Aadhaar card-based cash transfer scheme, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said it will eliminate middlemen and ensure that government aid directly reaches the intended beneficiaries. While addressing a gathering of government officials and representatives from various banks in Alwar, he stressed upon the crucial role Aadhaar cards, which contain the unique ID of holders, were going to play in the successful implementation...
12:39 AM, Dec 16, 2012
The line between the Congress party and the Congress led UPA government seems to blur as the party and the government go all out to sell their ambitious direct cash transfer scheme. 'Aap ka paise, aap ke haath' is the new slogan for 2014 elections. The government claims that the entitlement/cash would reach the beneficiaries' bank account directly and, hence, reduce corruption. But, the claims of the government have been...
08:21 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Weeks ahead of roll out of the direct cash subsidy transfer scheme, the Petroleum Ministry on Tuesday said the plan will not be easy to implement because of the low base of people with the unique identity Aadhaar cards. The government has identified 51 districts for the roll out of the scheme in the first phase beginning January 1. ...
05:24 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Pushing ahead with the direct cash transfer scheme, the Prime Minister's Office has directed various ministries and departments to immediately get down to the task of operationalising the ambitious programme to be rolled out from January 1, next year. ...
03:52 AM, Dec 01, 2012
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which is executing the 'Aadhaar' scheme pan-India, on Friday launched a new facility to enable people update their demographic profile by post or by way of an online application. ...
04:27 PM, Nov 30, 2012
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Government of India following a PIL that challenges the Aadhaar scheme. The petition has been filed by a retired judge of the Karnataka High Court. ...
01:41 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Bogged down by allegations of massive corruption and cornered by the Opposition on economic reforms measures, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government on Tuesday outlined the details of an ambitious direct cash transfer based on Aadhar cards, which it claimed will prove to be a "game changer". ...
05:17 PM, Nov 27, 2012
The government will start direct cash transfer of subsidy amount to beneficiaries in 51 districts from the beginning of the next year and targets to introduce the new programme across the country by the end of 2013, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday. ...
05:29 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani on Thursday said a strategy to tackle corruption at all levels can be effectively and systematically done by use of information technology. "Systemic changes by re-engineering process that interface with the common man through the use of innovative technology solutions will go a long way in addressing the issue of corruption," he said while delivering the 19th Lovraj Kumar Memorial Lecture in New Delhi....
09:48 PM, Nov 01, 2012
