News for 'Aadhar'

DHFL promoters exit WGC Wealth to repay debts

DHFL promoters exit WGC Wealth to repay debts

Rediff.com28 Jun 2019

Lenders to DHFL will meet early July to hammer out a rescue package, which will include the reworking of loan payments, fresh working capital support, roping in a financial investor, and the promoters ceding control.

Applying for a passport? Read this first

Applying for a passport? Read this first

Rediff.com17 Dec 2014

Applying for a passport is no longer the nightmare it used to be, thanks to the government outsourcing parts of the process. But there still are things you need to know before you take the plunge.

Chhattisgarh journalist arrested for WhatsApp dig at cop

Chhattisgarh journalist arrested for WhatsApp dig at cop

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

Prabhat Singh, who is said to be working for a Hindi national daily, was picked up by the Bastar police on March 21 from Dantewada district and arrested on Tuesday.

Direct cash transfer of LPG kicks off in 18 districts

Direct cash transfer of LPG kicks off in 18 districts

Rediff.com3 Jun 2013

The seeding of LPG database with Aadhar numbers is above 55 per cent and overall Aadhar penetration is 90 per cent in these districts.

'Not enough beds, not enough ventilators'

'Not enough beds, not enough ventilators'

Rediff.com24 Apr 2021

'The only way to contain this is to see that a lesser number of people are affected.'

How Chhattisgarh transformed its corrupt ration shops

How Chhattisgarh transformed its corrupt ration shops

Rediff.com14 Jun 2013

Chhattisgarh proves no cash transfer or UID is needed to make PDS work.

Direct bBenefit transfer system to eliminate leakages: FM

Direct bBenefit transfer system to eliminate leakages: FM

Rediff.com13 Dec 2012

Rejecting contentions that the government is implementing the Aadhar enabled Direct Benefit Transfer (cash transfer) system in a hurry, Finance Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the measure being implemented step by step will eliminate leakages, delays, duplicacies and falsification.

'Death rate is very, very, very, very high'

'Death rate is very, very, very, very high'

Rediff.com28 Apr 2021

'If the government published the actual number, people will start crying on the road.'

'Article 21 guarantees Right to Privacy'

'Article 21 guarantees Right to Privacy'

Rediff.com22 Jul 2015

As the Centre declares that no Indian has the Right to Privacy under the Constitution, distinguished Constitutional experts disagree.

'Won't implement CAA if it affects even 1 in J'khand'

'Won't implement CAA if it affects even 1 in J'khand'

Rediff.com24 Dec 2019

'We will do a holistic review of the entire act and the policy at the state level and I need to be convinced that not a single Jharkhandi is uprooted from his or her home due to this law'

RBI unveils customer-friendly measures

RBI unveils customer-friendly measures

Rediff.com30 Oct 2012

The Reserve Bank on Tuesday announced a slew of measures, including a simplification of the stringent KYC (know-your-customer) norms, to make banking easier for the common man.

PIX: What's Kabir Khan doing in the Maldives?

PIX: What's Kabir Khan doing in the Maldives?

Rediff.com18 Dec 2019

Television anchor and actress Mini Mathur, husband Director Kabir Khan (whose film '83 on India's first cricket World Cup win releases on April 10) and their children Sarah and Vivaan are currently holidaying in the Maldives.

'Opposition MPs have become agents of unrest'

'Opposition MPs have become agents of unrest'

Rediff.com23 Dec 2021

'Today, we being the majority pass a law and if the Opposition parties do not like it, they throw files at the Chair, and beat up women marshals.'

No CAA in Bengal as long as I'm alive: Mamata

No CAA in Bengal as long as I'm alive: Mamata

Rediff.com27 Dec 2019

Banerjee has held five rallies in Kolkata in 11 days against the CAA.

Planning to avail home-loan overdraft? Read this

Planning to avail home-loan overdraft? Read this

Rediff.com16 Dec 2019

'Opt for this facility only after doing a cost-benefit analysis: Will the savings in interest cost by parking your surpluses in the home loan overdraft account outweigh the higher interest cost of this loan?'

RBI mulls placing NBFCs under bank-like vigil

RBI mulls placing NBFCs under bank-like vigil

Rediff.com14 Dec 2019

If the policy is extended to NBFCs and co-operative banks, they will have to disclose divergence in asset classification and provisioning during RBI inspections in their audited financial reports. Till now, these entities have been exempted from this. At present, there are more than 98,000 co-operative banks and 10,000 NBFCs. Sources said the RBI would concentrate on the top 50 co-operative banks and NBFCs.

RCom bags Rs 300cr Aadhaar contract

RCom bags Rs 300cr Aadhaar contract

Rediff.com5 Mar 2012

Telecom services provider Reliance Communications (RCom), in a consortium led by IT firm HCL Infosystems, is believed to have bagged the Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) contract for government's national identity card programme, Aadhaar.

Govt to give statutory status to Aadhaar

Govt to give statutory status to Aadhaar

Rediff.com29 Feb 2016

The statutory status will provide a legal foundation to Aadhaar.

Nandan Nilekani donates Rs 50 crore to IIHS

Nandan Nilekani donates Rs 50 crore to IIHS

Rediff.com28 Jun 2011

Nandan Nilekani -- a former chief executive officer of Infosys and architect of Aadhar scheme under UIDAI -- and his wife Rohini have made a gift of Rs 50 crore ($11 million) to the Indian Institute for Human Settlements to fund establishment of its School of Environment and Sustainability.

Centre's subsidy reforms to start from South

Centre's subsidy reforms to start from South

Rediff.com2 Jun 2011

LPG cash transfer to begin with Mysore, Hyderabad.

'May die of corona later. We'll die of hunger before'

'May die of corona later. We'll die of hunger before'

Rediff.com27 Mar 2020

Autorickshaw drivers and families from Kalyan reveal how the lockdown has rendered them jobless and deprived them of bare necessities.

Op Silent Viper: How a rapist was caught after 22 years

Op Silent Viper: How a rapist was caught after 22 years

Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

'When a criminal assumes a new identity he think everybody knows them by that name only.' 'Criminals forget that the police are always hunting for them to put them in jail.'

Third Wave: Bigger Threat in Rural India

Third Wave: Bigger Threat in Rural India

Rediff.com13 Jul 2021

'The roadmap ahead seems very difficult especially in the rural areas where there is very poor infrastructure, vaccine reach and hesitancy.' 'These are a deadly cocktail for the next wave.'

MVA's coordination panel will examine NPR: Uddhav

MVA's coordination panel will examine NPR: Uddhav

Rediff.com3 Mar 2020

A coordination panel comprising senior leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra will look into various aspects of the National Population Register (NPR), Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in Mumbai on Tuesday. Addressing the media in Vidhan Bhavan in south Mumbai, where the budget session of the state legislature is underway, Thackeray said, "Responsible leaders of the three parties will be part of it (coordination committee on NPR)." "I won't let anyone snatch the rights of any citizens of Maharashtra. I am very clear on this," he said, when asked about differences in the ruling alliance over the implementation of NPR in the state.

Legal status to UIDAI will not solve niggling problems

Legal status to UIDAI will not solve niggling problems

Rediff.com25 Sep 2013

The implementation of the much-hyped Aadhaar Card scheme is in trouble following the Supreme Court's interim order on Monday, which observed that the card can be issued only to Indian nationals and the identification number cannot be made mandatory for availing of benefits of the government's subsidy schemes.

NATA Exam 2018: All you need to know

NATA Exam 2018: All you need to know

Rediff.com7 Feb 2018

Your complete guide to preparing for the National Aptitude Test in Architecture.

Fear grips financial sector as DHFL defaults on payment

Fear grips financial sector as DHFL defaults on payment

Rediff.com7 Jun 2019

Nomura analysts said the Reserve Bank of India and the government would need to segregate the potential solvency issue at DHFL from liquidity issues at other larger wholesale NBFCs and HFCs.

UIDAI Act draft in a month, says Nilekani

UIDAI Act draft in a month, says Nilekani

Rediff.com11 May 2010

A draft bill on the Unique Identity Project would be made public within the next one month, chairman of UIDAI Nandan Nilekani said on Tuesday. "We need an Act to govern a regulatory body like UIDAI. The draft of the Act will be put for public discussion in the next four weeks," he told reporters on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industries function in New Delhi.

Use mobile apps to pay income-tax, apply for PAN

Use mobile apps to pay income-tax, apply for PAN

Rediff.com16 Feb 2017

Aadhaar-based e-KYC facility would allow individuals or entities wanting to apply for PAN to verify details such as date of birth or address by way of biometric identification using thumb impressions.

Citizens do NOT have fundamental right to privacy: Centre tells SC

Citizens do NOT have fundamental right to privacy: Centre tells SC

Rediff.com22 Jul 2015

"Right to Privacy is not a fundamental right under our Constitution. It flows from one right to another right. Constitution makers did not intend to make right to privacy a fundamental right," said the AG.

Nilekani concedes defeat as counting progresses

Nilekani concedes defeat as counting progresses

Rediff.com16 May 2014

Infosys co-founder and Congress candidate from Bangalore South Nandan Nilekani has conceded defeat to his formidable rival BJP's Ananth Kumar even as the counting of votes progressed.

COVID-19: 'Better to die before my family than die in Mumbai'

COVID-19: 'Better to die before my family than die in Mumbai'

Rediff.com30 Apr 2020

'We don't want to lead this hellish life. Enough is enough.'

RBI's TLTRO 2.0 gets cold-shoulder from banks

RBI's TLTRO 2.0 gets cold-shoulder from banks

Rediff.com25 Apr 2020

Such cold-shoulder by banks also indicates a credit freeze that is hard to overcome, unless the government comes out with credit guarantee schemes for loans given by banks. Since that is not happening, and there is no indication of that too, banks are not willing to listen to RBI prodding.

Who botched up the migrant crisis?

Who botched up the migrant crisis?

Rediff.com20 May 2020

'Why has this turned out to be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis that has caught the Centre and the states in a bind with no answers to this unexpected tsunami?' asks Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue: Bill Gates

Aadhaar doesn't pose any privacy issue: Bill Gates

Rediff.com3 May 2018

Aadhaar is something that had never been done by any government before, not even in a rich country

Govt grants tax relief, eases compliances in time of coronavirus

Govt grants tax relief, eases compliances in time of coronavirus

Rediff.com3 May 2020

From 100% tax deductions for contributions to PM-CARES fund to extending the due date for linking Aadhar and PAN card, the government has provided various tax relief and extensions in deadlines for statutory compliances, says Homi Mistry.

Nandan Nilekani invests in RailYatri

Nandan Nilekani invests in RailYatri

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

The app uses a traveller's mobile GPS to predict a train's delay.

Economic surveys: A case of hits and misses on GDP numbers

Economic surveys: A case of hits and misses on GDP numbers

Rediff.com5 Feb 2021

Of the seven surveys presented under Modi govt, predictions of three were quite close to the actual GDP growth rate, one saw the base year change in between, but the last three were way off the mark.

Entrepreneurial energy in India is tremendous: Nadella

Entrepreneurial energy in India is tremendous: Nadella

Rediff.com20 Feb 2017

Stating that India has some brands that have already well established, Nadella said there was stunning cross section of starts ups in the country.

Why India Inc is helping farmers

Why India Inc is helping farmers

Rediff.com17 Apr 2007

Rural retailers are finding that helping farmers earn more helps them create a customer base.