UIDAI says it won’t act on alleged Jio data leaks till police complete investigation

The company has claimed there was no breach, but has filed a police complaint alleging ‘unlawful access to its systems’.

Mayank Jain

· Jul 21, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Despite December deadline, government is pushing banks to link Aadhaar to all accounts by August

Accounts that are not linked will be temporarily suspended only after December, until customers provide Aadhaar.

Mayank Jain

· Jul 20, 2017 · 06:30 am

Interview: ‘Aadhaar is not a secret number like your password or PIN,’ says UIDAI chief

Ajay Bhushan Pandey says 4,700 Aadhaar operators have been fined for enrolment violations in the last seven months.

Mayank Jain

· Jul 18, 2017 · 09:00 am

Aadhaar has been made mandatory for bank accounts – but more than half of them are yet to be linked

The banks that had decided to start the process of re-verifying their customers through Aadhaar now stand at an advantage as compared to their peers.

Mayank Jain

· Jun 16, 2017 · 07:45 pm

Do you need to link PAN and Aadhaar? Breaking down the Supreme Court’s order

Those who have Aadhaar must quote it in their tax returns, but those without have a window where they need not get UID.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jun 09, 2017 · 10:11 pm

Long queues, snags as government offices and hospitals in Mumbai link attendance, salary to Aadhaar

A solely Aadhaar-enabled attendance system essentially makes it mandatory for workers to get the unique number.

Priyanka Vora

· May 14, 2017 · 10:30 am

Haryana is making babies enrol in Aadhaar before it will issue them birth certificates

Even though the state government denies that the identity number is mandatory to obtain this document, officials on the ground admit that it virtually is.

Menaka Rao

· May 01, 2017 · 03:30 pm

The man in charge of Aadhaar vouches for its safety, but there’s no stopping the leaks

UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey says the unique identity project has unequivocally proven itself on the ground and is being strengthened.

Devjyot Ghoshal, qz.com

· Apr 27, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Government websites are leaking Aadhaar numbers. Who will take action against the government?

Caches of Aadhaar data are leaking regularly, yet UIDAI insists the digital identity is secure.

Anumeha Yadav

· Apr 25, 2017 · 09:00 am

All we’ve done for two years is help students with Aadhaar, say Delhi government teachers

Saddled with ensuring that their students have Aadhaar-linked bank accounts, state and municipal school teachers are increasingly growing exasperated.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Apr 23, 2017 · 06:30 am

By making Aadhaar mandatory, Delhi’s government schools are shutting their doors to migrant children

Both children and their parents need the unique identity number to get admission, receive benefits under the education law.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury

· Apr 16, 2017 · 09:00 am

Interview: Aadhaar is being demonised because it’s so transparent, says Nandan Nilekani

The first chairman of UIDAI responds to concerns about the privacy and implementation of the project.

Devjyot Ghoshal, qz.com

· Apr 15, 2017 · 08:30 pm