Nilekani says life has come a full circle for him, as he heads back to the company he co-founded over three decades ago.
Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani said the Aadhar number "dramatically improves the convenience" and makes the life "simpler".
The link requires a person to punch in his PAN number, Aadhaar number and the exact name as given in the Aadhaar card.
Nilekani said the issue has been blown out of proportion as Aadhaar have built far too many security layers and it is not possible to randomly pore it.
UIDAI Deputy Director B M Patnaik informed the police that an input was received from The Tribune that the newspaper purchased a service being offered by anonymous sellers over WhatsApp that provided unrestricted access to details of any of the more than 1 billion Aadhaar numbers created in India, the police said on Sunday.
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday appealed people to register or update their mobile numbers in Aadhaar for easy access of various government services online.
Diversified business house Trident Group would become the first corporate to use Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) for disbursal of salaries to its employees.
The Intelligence Bureau has in a report to the government suggested a re-think while issuing the cards.
As many as 11 people, including members from the influential Nilekani, Bajaj and Godrej families, were honoured for their outstanding contribution towards the good of the society at Forbes India Philanthropy Awards.
The 14-member task-force will develop a working definition of poverty.
Aadhaar is something that had never been done by any government before, not even in a rich country
There are four simple ways to link PAN to Aadhaar; make the most of the deadline to avoid hassles later, explains Bindisha Sarang.
Unique Identification Authority of India said the alleged data breach took place on a website that does not belong to it.
The UIDAI said it is "contemplating a legal action" against ZDNet, on the issue.
Aadhaar, says former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani, has followed 'all the design principles laid by the Supreme Court.'
In a bid to allay concerns of stakeholders on the validity of e-Aadhaar and cut-away portion of Aadhaar letter, UIDAI on Monday said either of the two will be considered a valid proof of identity and address.
The Bill neither plans to make the Aadhar mandatory or limit its issuance to citizens.
Nandan Nilekani, Gokul Rajaram at top two spots in value terms
The apex court had permitted only voluntary use of Aadhaar for welfare programmes including MGNREGA, all pension schemes, provident fund and Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna.
UIDAI claims 99.9% accuracy rate, says this incident makes up less than 0.1% of cases which slip through system.
The venture is applying to the Reserve Bank of India for approvals.
'Malicious files can silently sit in your phone and relay data to hackers without your knowledge.'
The prime minister's office will play the principal role in decision-making.
The bench also said that a seven-judge bench needed to be constituted for authoritatively deciding a batch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme on grounds including that it infringes on the Right to Privacy of citizens.
The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday petitioned electoral authorities against Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani, tipped to be the Congress's candidate from Bangalore in Lok Sabha polls, taking exception to his name and picture figuring with Aadhar Card advertisements when the Model Code of Conduct is in force.
The apex court observed that the government could not deny benefits to those who did not have not Aadhaar numbers.
The amendment says that UIDAI can now give directions as it may consider necessary to any entity in the Aadhaar ecosystem
It is just a question of providing an additional facility to the taxpayer that if he is not quoting PAN and only has Aadhaar, his filing and processes do not get affected, said CBDT chief.
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that securing Aadhar cards, being issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was optional and it has not made it mandatory for the citizens.
There is no word on extending the February 6, 2018 deadline for linking mobile SIM cards with Aadhaar.
The Home Ministry said that 'Aadhaar' is strong on ensuring unique identity, 'however, uniqueness of identity is not a necessary condition to ensure authenticity of identity or genuineness of other entries or records of Aadhaar number', sources said.
Government is preparing the National Population Register incorporating all genuine Indian citizens and will give them national identity cards in a time bound manner.
The last date for linking Aadhaar for mobile services will remain February 6 as per the Supreme Court order.
Earlier, the Home Ministry had raised concerns over the use of Aadhaar number as a single source of identity verification.
EPFO has verified or attested 64.67 lakh Aadhaar numbers.
Govt expects to save Rs 10,000 crore through this move.
Now you can check your Aadhaar authentication history online to track if anyone misused your unique identity.
Co-founder Nilekani could take the role of non-executive chairman, becoming a bridge between the board and Murthy, reports Ayan Pramanik.
While mobile wallets are still busy exploring the multiple facets of interoperability, experts believe that bringing in new customers would be costly affair and the numbers of new wallet users might not see a major hike anytime soon.
He also made an appeal not to 'overblow' the issue of data breach.
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