Aadhar Controversy
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Aadhaar number not mandatory for electoral roll authentication, poll panel tells Supreme Court
The central government had in June last year notified rules for linking Aadhaar numbers with electoral roll data.
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Names of those who do not link Aadhaar with voter ID won’t be removed from voters list: Law minister
Kiren Rijiju said that the exercise is voluntary.
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Explainer: Why the move to link Aadhaar to voter ID cards is so contentious
Earlier attempts to link the two saw about 55 lakh voters being deleted from the voter database.
Umang Poddar
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SC rejects demand to extend deadline to link Aadhaar with government welfare schemes
The petitioners filed the appeal after the UIDAI chief told the court that the success rate for the welfare scheme authentication was just 88%.
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Aadhaar petitions: Supreme Court hears arguments on a ‘right to privacy’
The bench said right to privacy may have to be determined on a case-to-case basis.
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Aadhaar is now mandatory for e-rickshaws owners in Delhi seeking subsidy
A notice issued by the pollution control committee said the move was meant to ‘prevent duplicacy’ in the financial aid granted.
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Now, you need Aadhaar to avail of kerosene subsidy or Atal Pension Yojana
The last date for furnishing proof of Aadhaar or enrolling for it is September 30 for kerosene subsidy and June 15 for the other scheme.
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Income Tax Department launches online facility to link Aadhaar with PAN
The facility can be found on the homepage of the department’s e-filing website.
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What explains the desperation to make Aadhaar mandatory for tax returns after July 1, 2017?
Aadhaar was missing from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election manifesto and there was no such mention in Finance Bill 2017.
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