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Government's has received another setback in its attempts to make Aadhaar Card as mandatory requirement for availing various public welfare schemes and accessing services such as rail tickets and registration of businesses. In a…

Government of India is slowly but gradually comprehending the dangers of identity thefts and misusing of data when it comes to Aadhaar cards. In one of the strongest worded warnings ever issues, Govt. has stopped public agencies from…

Right now, Govt. of India is cajoling, convincing tech companies such as Apple, Samsung, Google, Microsoft and others to include Aadhaar based authentication system in their smartphones and operating systems. However, the response…

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…

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…

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…

Swabhimaanya, an organization authorized by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has created India’s first Aadhaar Card linked app to verify any Indian citizen instantly. Termed as ‘TrustId’, this app has been specially…

As of August, 2015, Indian Govt. has spend close to Rs 6000 crore to issue Aadhaar cards for 90 crore Indians. But it seems that a new breed of online fraudsters are fostering on the vulnerabilities of this identification tool, and…

With over 510 million Aadhar cards issued till December 2013, this ambitious UIDAI project could be termed as a huge success, and credit for its success has to go to Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys head who had left the corporate…

Jury is till out on the success of ambitious and controversial UIDAI program headed by Nandan Nilekani. However, if numbers released by Government are to be believed, it sure shows that Indian citizens are lapping it in big numbers. We…

Reserve Bank of India is making life tough for Indian banks, especially the ones who issue credit cards to customers. According to a new notification, RBI has told banks that the bank credit card swipe machines will need to have biometric…

According to the latest numbers released by the Government, more than 40 crore 29 lakh Aadhar card numbers have been issued to Indian citizens. This represents nearly 35 percent of India’s population. Majority of people who have applied…

Since the time Aadhar UID program was launched, it has always been in news and has its own share of controversies. Some of them have gone to an extent to call it a sinister ploy and ultimate ID theft of Indians. Late in 2011, shelving of…

While discussing with a friend in regards to the Aadhar poll that we posted yesterday on trak.in, I came across something quite interesting. It seems that some of the primary and secondary schools are making it mandatory for students to…

This question has been on my mind for past few months – How many citizens, especially urbanites, have applied for Aadhar card as yet?I have been having discussions about Aadhar card with many people in past few weeks and I have met more…

When any large initiatives are launched, especially by the Government, there are always people who are “for” or “against” it. Aadhar Unique Identification project (UID) is one such project that has been in the news for few years now.…

Government has announced free distribution of Smartphones to around 400 million Indians through the recently announced Aadhar based direct cash transfer scheme. The path breaking direct cash transfer scheme will facilitate direct cash…