Dudu (Jaipur): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday honoured officials for their outstanding performance with innovative approach towards leveraging 'Aadhaar' to improve the services delivering for more transparent efficient and effective governance. The officials were honoured on the occasion of the launch of 'Aadhaar-enabled service delivery system' in Dudu in the presence of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Amitabh Kaushal- Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh District, Jharkhand was awarded the first prize under...
01:37 AM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday said investors can use 'Aadhaar' cards as a valid address proof for their accounts with brokerage firms, mutual funds, portfolio managers and other capital market entities. 'Aadhaar', a 12-digit individual identification number issued by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), is already permitted as a valid identity proof document in the capital market. The other documents permitted...
06:14 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: The P Chidambaram-Nandan Nilekani standoff has worsened as the Home Minister on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister claiming that the UIDAI has brought the National Population Register (NPR) to a standstill. "National Population Register project has come to standstill because of UIDAI," wrote Chidambaram. The Home Minister also said that the collection of photographs and biometrics has been facing hurdles at every step on account approach of the...
01:58 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom services provider Reliance Communications (RCom), in a consortium led by IT firm HCL Infosystems, is believed to have bagged the Rs 300 crore contract for government's national identity card programme, Aadhaar. According to sources, Anil Ambani-led RCom will provide network and telecom support for Aadhar as part of a consortium led by HCL Infosystems. The value of the contract carried out by RCom is expected to be...
06:50 PM, Mar 05, 2012
The Aadhar debate has been settled for now. With an consensus emerging on the biometric data, there seems to be an agreement with the establishment ...
12:13 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Nandan Nilekani said there the data collected by UIDAI is secure as this system only gives one number per person. ...
08:31 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee is likely to meet on Friday to take the final decision on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. The collection of biometric data for the UIDs has also sparked a row - with both the Home Ministry and the UIDAI authorised to collect data. However, Planning...
06:10 AM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: The government is likely to take the final decision on Wednesday on the proposal to give statutory powers to Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI to issue national identity cards to the entire population instead of the mandated 200 million. "A Cabinet Committee will take a view on the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) proposal for expanding its mandate to enroll the entire population," a source said. The Planning Commission...
08:41 PM, Jan 24, 2012
The row between Nandan Nilekani and Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Unique ID project has intensified. ...
11:05 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The much hyped Unique Identification (UID) project led by Nandan Nilekani has run into trouble after the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance rejecting the National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010 in its present form. The committee headed by Yashwant Sinha pointed out several anomalies in the existing bill and urged the government to "reconsider and review the UID scheme as also the proposals contained in the Bill...
04:40 PM, Dec 13, 2011
It is a face-off between Chidambaram and Nilekani over who has the powers to do the biometric data of Indians. ...
10:49 PM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the biometric census done by the Unique Identification project does not pass security criteria. CNN-IBN has accessed Chidambaram and the Registrar General's letters red flagging the biometric data collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Chidambaram has demanded that the biometric issue should be taken up immediately by the Cabinet committee on UID. "The possibility of fake identity profile...
08:07 PM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: Tihar jail inmates may soon be given Unique Identification (UID) Numbers so that they can have access to the benefits of Aadhaar scheme once they walk free. Tihar authorities have decided to ask Aadhaar officials to enroll the prisoners inside the jail premises. "If every resident of India is entitled to the number then why not the inmates? There is a talk going on in this regard with...
11:13 AM, Oct 16, 2011
When Ranjana Sonawane, a 30-year-old housewife from Tembhli, a tribal village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra was allotted the UID number 7824-7431-7884, the team at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) would have been quite justified in feeling a little pleased with themselves. A small team - 160 people - had achieved the first milestone of a very ambitious project in a very short time. The UIDAI is a...
10:55 AM, Nov 30, 2010
Can the data collected for the Unique Identification Number project be misused or forged? Some experts think so. ...
01:35 PM, Oct 11, 2010
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), headed by Nandan Nilekani, is the UPA government's most ambitious project, where one billion Indians are branded with a unique identity number. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handed over the first of the Aadhaar cards at Tembhli village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra. This mammoth project aims to provide Indian residents with a unique 12-digit identification number that will serve multiple purposes....
10:04 AM, Oct 05, 2010
The whole idea of UID is to provide an identity to people in villages, tribals and migrants, says UIDAI Aadhaar Chairman Nandan Nilekani. ...
11:15 PM, Sep 29, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handed over the first of the Aadhaar cards at Tembhli village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra on Wednesday. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), headed by Nandan Nilekani, has endeavoured on a mammoth project to provide Indian residents with an unique 12-digit identification number that will serve multiple purposes. Given the reach and the impact of such an exercise there is much excitement...
04:01 PM, Sep 29, 2010
