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......
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 Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to write to all the states to strictly comply with its earlier order of September 23, 2013, and not make an Aadhaar number compulsory to claim any state......
Within six weeks of its launch, the ambitious direct benefit transfer programme for cooking gas has crossed 2.28 million transactions, with Rs 91 crore (Rs 910 million) of subsidy given directly to......
Raising money through a cess to fund the government's ongoing cleanliness and sanitation campaign suggests that the intial round of efforts did not achieve the objectives fully, notes Govindraj......