'This updated NPR database along with Aadhaar Number would become the mother database and can be used by various government departments...' the home ministry declared in July 2015.'UID/Aadhaar has......
There are unprecedented political implications of identification based on 'biological attributes of an individual,' such as employed by Aadhaar, warns Gopal Krishna. On April 20, an order was......
'The government is having the right approach, where Aadhaar is voluntary.' 'By the time I stepped down as UIDAI chairman, over 300 million were getting Aadhaar-linked cash transfers.' 'I think PM......
New Delhi bureaucrats, accustomed to leisurely lunches, golf in the afternoon and long weekends, have been shaken out of their somnolence, say authors. Fear and suspicion hang heavy over the......
Still to recover from their electoral rout, defeated Congress members of Parliament and ministers are now faced with the heart-wrenching job of moving out of their official houses, says Rediff.com......
Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Cabinet on Thursday cleared a policy to make India a......
Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia vacates his post on November 30 and Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, the second seniormost bureaucrat in the finance ministry, retires on January 31, the day......
Government on Thursday promoted DG and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of India Ajay Bhushan Pandey its chief executive officer. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has......
Aadhaar now has legal backing but it still faces challenges of privacy and data sharing. With enrolment numbers creating history now, we take a look at strengths & weaknesses in the system. ......
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......