India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
15 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
India must leverage its digital verification architecture to evolve into a trust-based economyIndia faces a low-trust economy with high friction, exemplified by complex KYC norms. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted this ...
07 May, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
NRC directorate in Assam submits proposal for creation of Aadhaar-like regime for NRCThe Supreme Court which is monitoring NRC process has disallowed sharing of NRC data unless an Aadhaar like regime is set up.
19 Jul, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
Biometric details locked and no Aadhaar: 27 lakh Assamese people stare at uncertain futureThe reason is that the NRC has taken biometric prints of several citizens for verification. However, because their biometric prints have be...
28 Dec, 2021, 07.47 AM IST
Biometric details locked, can’t have Aadhaar; blame it on NRCThose who already have Aadhaar are able to avail of the benefits of welfare schemes. But Aadhaar coverage is low in Assam compared with the...
17 Mar, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
Authorities in a fix over Supreme Court's order on data sharing of NRCOn 13 August 2019 the Supreme Court has stated, “in so far as the prayer of the learned state co-ordinator with regard to maintenance of se...
15 Jan, 2021, 12.24 AM IST
NRC authorities seek funds for creating Aadhaar-like data securityEarlier, the NRC authorities had preliminary talks with the Unique Identification Authority of India. The Supreme Court, which is monitorin...
13 Dec, 2020, 10.50 PM IST
Aadhaar: End to Centre’s ‘surveillance tool’; It’s back to UPA version, says CongressThe largest opposition party stressed that the court had for the first time held that the decisions taken by the Lok Sabha Speaker could be...
27 Sep, 2018, 09.04 AM IST
UIDAI sees victory in SC judgement, says pvt usage restricted"I am happy that Aadhaar Act has been upheld and private sector entities have been virtually barred from collecting or linking Aadhar to an...
26 Sep, 2018, 04.27 PM IST
Top court's verdict on Aadhaar validity todayThe SC order will have implications for linking Aadhaar to government welfare and financial inclusion schemes.
26 Sep, 2018, 07.23 AM IST
8 out of 10 people concerned about their Aadhaar data security: StudyThe national study by market research and analysis company Velocity MR, which was conducted among 5,800 respondents, noted that 8 out of 10...
30 May, 2018, 02.29 PM IST
Need to maintain balance between citizens’ right to privacy and national interest: Supreme Court on AadhaarA Constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan said the real i...
25 Jan, 2018, 09.44 AM IST
Even Dhoni's UID details public, list privacy safeguards, says Supreme CourtThe bench pointed that people provide personal information to private companies while getting mobile connection and insurance, so why are t...
19 Jan, 2018, 09.29 AM IST
Government to extend Aadhaar linking deadline to March 31; Apex Court to hear plea next weekMobile linking may not see an extension after Attorney General K K Venugopal told the court that the last date for linking of such services...
08 Dec, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Government may go easy on rules to link Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile numbersCentre has decided to extend till March 31 the December 31 deadline for mandatory Aadhaar for availing benefits under government-run social...
26 Oct, 2017, 08.51 AM IST
Aadhaar data kept, processed only on own secure servers: UIDAIThe UIDAI data centre is an infrastructure of critical importance and is protected accordingly with high technology, conforming to the best...
30 Aug, 2017, 08.05 PM IST
Aadhaar to be merged with National Population Register?The home ministry has already suggested that NPR and Aadhaar schemes should be merged under the Registrar General of India (RGI).
04 Jul, 2014, 11.09 AM IST