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Centre wants UID for every cow in country to curb smuggling

The UID number should have age, breed, sex, lactation, height, body, colour, horn type, tail switch and special marks details of the animal, the Centre said. A unique identification number for......

NRC, NPR, Aadhaar are part of huge surveillance plan

'This updated NPR database along with Aadhaar Number would become the mother database and can be used by various government departments...' the home ministry declared in July 2015.'UID/Aadhaar has......

How Aadhaar promotes a digital caste system

The linking of biometric UID/Aadhaar number to all public services makes “We, the People of India” worse than slaves, says Dr Gopal Krishna. The second in a 7-part series. Illustration:......

Why we need a nationwide debate on UID project

Social activists, legal researchers and academicians have demanded a nationwide public debate and discussion on the Centre's plan to issue an Unique Identification Number for Indians and its......

Be very afraid of the biometric regime

There are unprecedented political implications of identification based on 'biological attributes of an individual,' such as employed by Aadhaar, warns Gopal Krishna. On April 20, an order was......

UID authority ropes in SBI as first registrar

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has roped in the country's largest bank - the State Bank of India - to be its registrar. As a registrar, SBI will collect both demographic and......

UID authority faces manpower crunch

Like any other government organisation, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is facing manpower crunch. Vacancies in eight of its regional offices have not been filled since they......

After Microsoft, Yahoo, Google eyes UID project

Internet search giant Google on Thursday said it will be "happy to help" India in implementing a project to provide unique identity numbers to citizens, if asked. "It would be very arrogant for......

No single vendor may get over Rs 30-cr UID deal

Global and Indian IT vendors, waiting for big-ticket contracts out of the government's ambitious unique identification programme called 'Adhaar', may be disappointed. The UID Authority of India has......

Nilekani explains the objectives of UID

The United Progressive Alliancegovernment has fulfilled its promise to introduce the unique identificationscheme after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi distributed......

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