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[Update] A five judge bench on December 15, 2017 agreed to the Central government's decision to extend the deadline of linking of "everything", including mobile phones and bank accounts, to Aadhaar card till March 31, 2018. But SC also ordered that an Aadhaar card holder opening a new bank account will have to furnish his Aadhaar card to the bank.
Aadhaar ( Hindi: आधार, lit. 'base, foundation') [ 7] is a twelve-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by all residents of India, based on their biometrics and demographic data. [ 8] The data is collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a statutory authority established in January 2016 by ...
A large number of people remain without identity documents - poor people especially. In order to include them, identity requirements for Aadhaar have been reduced, however biometric facilities have been provided to reduce or eliminated duplication, so while it may be possible to obtain the card under a false name, it is less likely to be able to obtain another Aadhaar card under a different ...
Already, nearly 40 million bank accounts in India have been linked with Aadhar. According to research firm CLSA, more than 40% of the Indian government’s $250 billion worth of subsidies and ...
An identity card or identity number is required for all government services, including voting, as well as many private services—for example, opening bank accounts, buying insurance policies, transferring interests in real property. [103] Ukraine: Паспорт громадянина України (Passport of Ukrainian citizen)
Another security lapse involving India’s national identity system. A lapse in security has led to the leaking of more than 100,000 Aadhaar numbers, TechCrunch can reveal. One of the web systems ...
Jan Dhan Yojana. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana is India's National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely banking savings and deposit accounts, remittance, credit, insurance and pension in an affordable manner. This financial inclusion campaign was launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on ...
Aadhaar numbers are also used for opening bank accounts, renting Airbnbs, driving with Uber and for providing verification for other online services. Aadhaar numbers aren’t strictly secret but ...