To put it starkly, the Congress, and with it, the United Progressive Alliance, is sleepwalking into a minefield by blundering on land and Aadhaar, says Praful Bidwai The fanfare with which Prime......
Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that do not age, wither and decay with the passage of time, says Gopal Krishna.......
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......
It also claimed entities were fleecing unsuspecting people by charging up to Rs 200 to get their Aadhaar cards printed. Image Collection of Aadhaar information is a breach of privacy of......
Aadhaar, or the 12-digit unique identification (UID) number that will identify the 1.2 billion residents of the country on the basis of their biometrics, will have an additional four digits that......
Central and state governments have linked various social schemes and projects to furnishing of Aadhaar details. Increased acceptance of Aadhaar as a proof to validate credentials has led to a......
The government has transferred Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) into 6.6 crore (66 million) accounts as LPG subsidy till December 2013 under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. "The Direct......