Aadhaar biometric update for 7+ kids must to avoid deactivation

Children who obtained Aadhaar when they were below the age of five, need to mandatorily update their biometrics after crossing age of seven, else they will have to face risk of deactivation of......

Railways to make OTP mandatory for Tatkal tickets at counters

To book Tatkal train tickets from railway reservation counters, passengers will now have to provide a one-time password received on their mobile phones, a move officials say is aimed at curbing......

Who can and cannot ask for your Aadhaar number

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared that Aadhaar is constitutionally valid, but at the same time also ruled on who can seek your Aaadhaar details. Where Aadhaar is needed: >> The......

Aadhaar is 12th ID proof for Bihar SIR, but not citizenship: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to include Aadhaar as a 12th prescribed document for establishing the identity of a voter in special intensive revision (SIR) exercise......

Aadhaar number increases convenience "dramatically": Nilekani

Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani said the Aadhaar number "dramatically improves the convenience" and makes life "simpler". "People often think that why do they need......

Aadhaar-Based Face Authentication Soon For Big Online Transfers

While UIDAI has given a nod for face authentication, banks need to join the process. This illustration was generated using ChatGPT and is intended solely for representational purposes. Any......

Aadhaar number not a must for EPFO members

Now EPFO's over 5 crore (50 million) members need not necessarily have Aadhaar numbers to avail the benefits of PF body's schemes as these are excluded from Centre's Direct Benefit Transfer......

UIDAI devises a method to retrieve lost Aadhaar numbers

Under the new method, a person can put in the biometrics and the system will keep prompting for more demographic details till the back-end server zeros down to 10 possible matches.  The Unique......