12,000 Aadhaar enrolment personnel suspended for tech glitch

Protesting staff demand that UIDAI upgrade its software with an option to verify the documents submitted by residents.   IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational......

'Identity theft is the biggest threat from Aadhaar'

‘Aadhaar numbers are spread among companies, some of which have poor security. This can be a serious threat for citizens.’ IMAGE: Robert Baptiste, the man behind the Twitter account......

I stand by every word, have earned the FIR: Scribe on Aadhaar breach story

Rachna Khaira, the reporter of The Tribune newspaper who has been named in an FIR by the Delhi Police in connection with a report on the breach of details of over one billion Aadhaar cards, said......

Police registers FIR over Aadhaar data breach, names scribe

The Delhi Police has registered an FIR on a complaint by a deputy director of the Unique Identification Authority of India in connection with a newspaper report on the breach of details of the......

Is Aadhaar necessary or not?

The basic aim of Aadhaar is to make benefits directly available to people by eliminating intermediaries and fraud (for example, duplicate and fake ration cards), thereby saving the exchequer......

600 million Aadhaar cards by 2014: UIDAI chairman

Nearly half of India's population would have the Aadhaar cards by 2014 and nearly one in three Indians by the end of this year, Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani......

Using Aadhaar as KYC norm can save telcos Rs 1,000 cr

Telecom companies in the country can save over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) every year provided they use Aadhaar authentication to verify identity and address of their prospective subscribers, a......

Government appoints Ajay Bhushan Pandey as UIDAI chief

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......