World Bank applauses Aadhaar
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim believes that Aadhaar card is one of the best examples of integration of technology […]
UIDAI Launches Public Data Portal
The UIDAI has launched its ‘Public Data Portal’ (data.uidai.gov.in) for Aadhaar. The portal is in line with the National Data […]
Aadhaar-based Direct Cash Transfers Launched
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday launched the nationwide Aadhaar-enabled direct cash transfer system to plug leakages and corruption in […]
UIDAI launches Aadhaar Official Channel on YouTube
Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched the ‘Aadhaar Official Channel’ on YouTube in an effort […]
Four Govt. schemes to be linked to UID in Karnataka
In a significant move, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Saturday agreed to link four schemes of the […]
Exciting Times Ahead
We are witnessing the deployment of ICT on a truly massive scale in the country. The government has made large […]
Micro-ATMs for the Aadhaar-based payment system on its way
The demand for one million micro-ATMs for the Aadhaar-based payment system has emerged as a bonanza for the technology industry. […]
Aadhar will be used for giving LPG, phone connections
The Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) has begun a pilot project that will allow public sector oil marketers to make LPG […]
UID project is back on track
The government has cleared the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)’s proposal to enroll an extra 40 crore people in […]
The line of debate
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
While government aims to assign unique numbers to a billion plus population for providing a portable identity and eliminating of ghosts from databases, it has spurred a public debate on the potential misuse of UID leading to infringement of individual privacy and liberty and data security
