Bill proposing voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID tabled in LS

A bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identity proof for opening bank accounts and procuring mobile phone connections was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid opposition. The......

Our order used as tool for mandatory Aadhaar-mobile seeding: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday raised questions over the government's decision ordering mandatory seeding of mobile numbers with Aadhaar and said its earlier order on mandatory authentication of......

SC's Aadhaar verdict opens up UIDAI to legal suits

'People, whose sensitive information has been leaked by State agencies or companies having license from UIDAI to access the Aadhaar database, can file suits, collectively or individually.'Advait......

Need to balance national interest, right to privacy: SC on Aadhaar issue

There is a need to strike a balance between individual’s privacy rights and the State’s responsibilities at a time when the nation faces threats of terrorism and money laundering......

Aadhaar Bill to ensure privacy protection

The UIDAI, set up in 2009, will manage the generation and authentication of Aadhaar numbers.  The government could introduce a regulatory framework to ensure that the biometric details of......

Government adopts UPA's Aadhaar Bill

  With hardly any changes, legislation under fire from critics sceptical of the necessity of collecting data to provide services The Aadhaar Bill that the National Democratic Alliance......

Aadhaar, a robust, lifetime, reusable, nationally on-line verifiable ID: UIDAI to SC

The Aadhaar issuing authority, Unique Identification Authority Of India, has no data on those who have been denied benefits for want of the 12-digit biometric identification number, the Supreme......

5 changes Rajya Sabha wanted in Aadhaar Bill

The Congress and the Left parties might move court to challenge LS speaker's ruling on Aadhaar as money Bill. Image: It is rare in the history of Parliament for the Upper House to have......