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.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 21, 2023 · 06:21 pm

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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· Dec 16, 2022 · 07:42 pm

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

· Dec 19, 2021 · 06:30 am

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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· Mar 28, 2018 · 07:48 am

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.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jul 19, 2017 · 07:32 pm

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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· Jun 26, 2017 · 08:05 pm

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.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 04, 2017 · 03:44 pm

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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· May 11, 2017 · 04:42 pm

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.

Nikhil Pahwa, medianama.com

· Mar 22, 2017 · 02:11 pm

What will it take for the government to accept court rulings that Aadhaar is not mandatory?

The Supreme Court has reiterated three times that is not mandatory for Indians to enrol for the programme and cannot be denied services if they lack an identity number.

Usha Ramanathan

· Aug 17, 2015 · 07:30 pm