Author: Sumit Kumar

The Aadhaar Card has become one of the most important identity proofs available to an Indian citizen and recently it was made mandatory to link the IT Department's Permanent Account Number (PAN) card with the Aadhaar card. Subsequent to this announcement, many individuals initiated the process only to find that small differences in the spellings...

After recent announcements regarding Aadhaar linking deadlines for various services including banking, mutual funds and mobile phones, the deadline for postal account linking of Aadhaar has also been confirmed as December 31st 2017. In order to facilitate this process, India’s Department of Posts (DoP) has already announced the establishment of 585 new Aadhaar enrollment centres...

As per media reports, domestic passengers, who mention their Aadhaar at the time of air-ticket booking, will soon be able to gain access to the airport facility quicker than normal flyers. These passengers would get seamless travel experience At Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Vijaywada airports from 2018 under the Central Government’s “digi yatra” programme. Airports Authority...

The Central Government has declared that it has deactivated around 81 lakh Aadhaar cards till date. The announcement was made by the minister of state for Electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary, in the Rajya Sabha. However, UIDAI, the authority responsible for issuance and maintenance of Aadhaar does not have the year-wise, state-wise and reason-wise data...

Aadhaar card has been made mandatory for students who would appear in the next session of open school examinations to ensure that no proxy candidates give examinations on behalf of other candidates. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has decided to make Aadhaar mandatory for all examinations conducted by the body after getting approval from the MHRD...