Aadhaar card

When we reported the mandatory usage of Aadhaar card for various purposes - train tickets, banking operations, business registration, SIM Cards and more, the most common question which we received was about it’s legal backing. Last…

Update: We got a lot of comments regarding this story stating that Aadhaar will not be made compulsory and it goes against court order. It is confirmed that Aadhaar based ticketing will be rolled out this December, however, we are still…

After Aadhaar card linked businesses, smartphones,and railway tickets, it’s the turn of banking sector to aggressively push linking of bank accounts with Aadhaar database. Govt. of India is pushing all banks to encourage their…

Imagine going inside a mobile operator’s showroom with your Aadhaar Card for getting a new SIM Card. All you need to do is verify the Aadhaar card details, provide your biometric data (fingerprints or iris data) to verify and voila! You…

The scenario looks straight out of a science-fiction movie: The user shows his smartphone at the pension office for Aadhaar card authentication; a small software inside that handset provides data of iris and fingerprint to the Aadhaar…

As per reports coming in, Indian Railways will now make it mandatory to furnish Aadhaar Card details for booking train tickets. This means that if you still don’t have Aadhaar Card, then you will be denied a train ride. This is seen…

Very soon you might not need to carry your Debit card or remember your PIN to withdraw cash from an ATM Machine. DCB Bank has launched Bangalore’s first Aadhaar & Fingerprint (Biometric) based ATM machine in Bangalore. Anyone can…

Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has been assigned the task to develop and create India’s first and only Social Security platform, which will give every Indian a unique identity through which he or she can be…

Last week, total number of Aadhaar Card holders crossed 1 billion mark. And such huge number of card holders, majority of them having their first ever national identity card, has given rise to some unauthorized ‘business models’, all…

In an unprecedented move rarely seen in India, Modi Govt. used some smart tactics to pass the Aadhaar Card Bill in the Lok Sabha; thereby rejecting all changes which Rajya Sabha has proposed. By converting Aadhaar Card Bill into…