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......

Aadhaar's next goal: Financial inclusion in rural areas

Since the first Aadhaar number was issued in September 2010, more than 1.33 billion Aadhaar cards have been generated till June 2022. Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the Aadhaar enrolment......

Aadhaar mandatory if you wish to avail social security benefits

The ministry of labour & employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorganised sector workers seeking registration,......

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......