Facebook’s petition says cases have been filed in the High Courts of Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh and relief sought in all are similar. read more

Release of food grains after verification through e-point of selling machines (e-POS) has also helped prevent wrongful sales. read more

Some 220 million PANs have been issued by the tax department so far -- less than a fifth of the 1.23 billion Aadhaar numbers that have been provided by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). read more

The penal provision is expected to be applicable from September 1, 2019 after amendments are made to the relevant laws and the subsequent issuance of a notification, two government officials aware of the development said. read more

Sitharaman spoke about the interchangeability of PAN and Aadhaar in her budget speech. “Mr Speaker, Sir, more than 120 crore Indians now have Aadhaar. read more

In June last year, the government had said that PAN has to be linked with the biometric ID by March 31. read more

The proposed ordinance allowing private companies to use customers’ Aadhaar identities to meet know-your-customer (KYC) rules has attracted criticism from experts and activists. read more

The ordinance will make amendments to the Aadhaar Act, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the Indian Telegraph Act as proposed in the bill passed by the Lok Sabha on January 4, 2019, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. read more

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) told the Delhi high court on Tuesday that it was not legally and technologically feasible to use Aadhaar biometrics for forensic purposes like identification of dead persons. read more

Offline Aadhaar ID verification now available: UIDAI read more

The poll panel is currently studying the Supreme Court’s order on Wednesday that ruled Aadhaar is mandatory for filing of income tax returns (ITR) and allotment of Permanent Account Number. read more

The court didn’t dwell too much on issues related to security, data protection, privacy and exclusions — except in the dissenting judgement by Justice DY Chandrachud read more

UIDAI says database is fully secure while experts argue this is a very limited view of data security. read more

The Special Task Force (STF) has recommended the arrest of all ration dealers whose role in the multi-crore food scam it claims to have established beyond any doubt. read more

UIDAI has proposed a two-factor authentication for use of face recognition by telcos. Where an individual provides Aadhaar number, the authentication will be done using fingerprint or iris and face. read more