‘Aadhaar card not mandatory for opening bank accounts’

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 18:10

Aadhaar card is not a must for availing services like opening bank accounts, admission in school and obtaining passport, Parliament was informed Thursday.

UIDAI to expedite Aadhaar enrolments in Haryana

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 21:25

Deputy Director General of Unique Identity Authority of India`s Chandigarh unit on Thursday directed agencies engaged in the enrolment of Aadhaar cards to speed up the process and complete it by the end of this year.

No dress code prescribed for Aadhaar enrolment, says UIDAI

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 20:17

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) today said it has not prescribed any dress code for Aadhaar number enrolment.

Lack of Aadhaar ID should not become alibi of exclusion: Ramesh

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 16:17

Jairam Ramesh said that there is a need to be "very very careful" to ensure that "lack of a Aadhaar number does not become an alibi of exclusion of the beneficiary".

Montek speaks of lost Aadhaar card, gets one in 1 hr

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 17:28

A casual mention of a lost Aadhaar card in public saw government machinery go on an overdrive and its holder got a duplicate card in less than an hour.

Aadhaar to help eradicate poverty, says WB chief

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 09:32

Describing Aadhaar card as one of the best example of integration of technology for social welfare use, the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, believes that this massive effort by the Indian Government would help in achieving his goal of poverty eradication by 2030.

Direct cash through Aadhaar to save 0.5% of GDP for India: IMF

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 21:01

Integration of direct cash transfer with Aadhaar will take time but the scheme will help Indian government save 0.5 percent of the GDP, International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Monday.

Banks seek Aadhaar number for payment of LPG susbsidy

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 18:45

Following direction from Finance Minister P Chidambaram, banks have initiated the process of linking account with Aadhaar number for cash transfer of LPG and other subsidies.

Aadhaar card enrolment 99 percent in Chandigarh

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 20:03

The enrolment for Aadhaar card has touched 99 percent and 88.6 percent in Union Territory of Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh respectively.

Plea against Aadhaar; HC asks Delhi govt to respond

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 20:51

Delhi High Court asked the city government to respond to a plea seeking quashing of its executive orders that made Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) or Aadhaar compulsory for availing various public services.

Get Aadhaar to obtain PAN card now

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 12:14

The Unique Identification (UID) Aadhaar number will soon be a "valid" proof of identity and address to obtain a PAN card.

Aadhaar-LPG cylinders linkage deadline extended for Hyderabad

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 21:16

In a relief to the citizens of Andhra Pradesh capital, the deadline for linkage of LPG cylinders on subsidy with Aadhaar has been extended till March 15.