Page 12 - Latest Updates on Aadhaar
Submit plan to stop Aadhaar-based eKYC within 15 days: UIDAI to telcos
A circular to this effect has already been issued to the telecom service providers, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and others
 "Submit plan to stop Aadhaar-based eKYC within 15 days: UIDAI to telcos")
Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar: No major impact on telecom operators
A general feeling emerged that the telecom industry will not be affected in a major way in monetary terms for doing physical verification
 "Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar: No major impact on telecom operators")
SC verdict on Aadhaar may lead to overhaul of identity law, say experts
The majority judgment in the Aadhaar case referred to the importance of having a strong data protection regime multiple times
 "SC verdict on Aadhaar may lead to overhaul of identity law, say experts")
Open court justice
Live streaming of apex court proceedings is a good first step
 "Open court justice")
Aadhaar verdict: Can you sue UIDAI and its licensed entities for offence?
Legal experts say an amendment is required to empower citizens to file criminal complaints
 "Aadhaar verdict: Can you sue UIDAI and its licensed entities for offence?")
Hunger in times of Aadhaar
Let a thousand "fake" beneficiaries steal from the system, than have a single Santoshi die, crying for bhat in her final moments - simply because her Aadhaar and ration card weren't linked
 "Hunger in times of Aadhaar")
Prasad asks UIDAI for plan to restrict use of Aadhaar by private firms
Prasad held a meeting with IT secretary Ajay Kumar Sawhney and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey to review status of Aadhaar use in light of the judgement
 "Prasad asks UIDAI for plan to restrict use of Aadhaar by private firms")
Financial companies in a fix over SC's Aadhaar order, suspend eKYC
Some firms have temporarily stopped eKYC as they await further instructions from UIDAI and respective regulators
 "Financial companies in a fix over SC's Aadhaar order, suspend eKYC")
If you earn below Rs 15k a month, you must link Aadhaar to your PF account
A government official said subscribers availing benefits of EPS will have to link their PF accounts with Aadhaar numbers
 "If you earn below Rs 15k a month, you must link Aadhaar to your PF account")
Taking legal views on voluntary use of Aadhaar: UIDAI's Ajay Bhushan Pandey
The SC judgment has clearly held that Aadhaar is constitutional and it does not tend to create a surveillance infrastructure, says UIDAI CEO
 "Taking legal views on voluntary use of Aadhaar: UIDAI's Ajay Bhushan Pandey")
Letter to BS: You need something more than Aadhaar to bring 'achchhe din'
The argument that Aadhaar has become too big for the country's top court to not uphold its constitutional validity reflects poorly on Indian judiciary
Telcos to face enrolment hurdles as SC order stops Aadhaar-based eKYC
Mobile service providers and other private entities cannot ask for Aadhaar for customer registration
Privacy vs security: What is the brouhaha over Aadhaar all about?
What are the provisions that have been retained, struck down or read down by the SC verdict on Aadhaar, explains MJ Antony
Saaf niyat's Aadhaar shaken
Worse, even when the Court has placed significant limitations on Aadhaar, Modi Sarkar has not been stirred enough to apologise for its coercive approach
 "Saaf niyat's Aadhaar shaken")
Aadhaar: What happens to firms like Jio, Paytm as SC strikes down sec 57?
Section 57 gave birth to e-KYC, which allowed companies like Reliance Jio to rapidly acquire new users. Will bringing in a new law allow pvt entities to regain access to Aadhaar?
 "Aadhaar: What happens to firms like Jio, Paytm as SC strikes down sec 57?")
Aadhaar remains valid but SC strikes down some sections to boost privacy
Though the court upheld the overall validity of the government's Unique Identification (UID) programme, it barred banks, insurance firms and mobile phone companies--from demanding Aadhaar data
Why Supreme Court feels welfare exclusion can't be used to scrap Aadhaar
"When it is serving much larger purpose by reaching hundreds of millions of deserving persons, it cannot be crucified on the unproven plea of exclusion of some."
 "Why Supreme Court feels welfare exclusion can't be used to scrap Aadhaar")
Aadhaar: Govt should pass legislation on data sharing, privacy, say experts
Verdict builds on the "proportionality" doctrine enshrined in the previous court ruling on privacy, said experts
 "Aadhaar: Govt should pass legislation on data sharing, privacy, say experts")
SC delivers a welcome judgment; Aadhaar cannot be an instrument of coercion
The Unique ID project was conceptualised as a strictly voluntary one. But over the years, telecom companies, banks, government welfare schemes had all started seeking Aadhaar for service provisioning
Aadhaar: The spirit of the dissent may outlast the verdict of the court
The SC's Aadhaar judgment is reminiscent of the judicial approval for denying fundamental rights during the emergency
