The Aadhaar Seva Kendras will provide people the facility to book prior appointment for these services, the officials familiar with the development said
In spite of agreeing that profiling undermines civil liberties and surveillance is unconstitutional, the judges reach the conclusion that neither is possible in the Aadhaar system
For now there is no change or review in the norms put by the UIDAI for banks to carry out enrolment and updation activities
The move comes in the wake of a Supreme Court order declaring the Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid
According to the World Bank, the continent is home to 502 million of the world's identity-less individuals, half of the global total and roughly 40 of Africa's population
UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan said that companies can continue with offline KYC- and quick response (QR) code-based verification
Even as political parties take to cellphones to fight the next elections, the numbers are a reminder that the telecom growth story is over
Customer acquisition and servicing models in financial services will have to be reimagined
This is the first ever step by the UIDAI to implement the Supreme Court's ruling on Aadhaar
The Supreme Court struck down parts of Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, which allowed private companies to ask customers and stakeholders for Aadhaar
Now citizens can citizens can file criminal complaints against the UIDAI and its licensed entities, if a suitable amendment is effected by Parliament
A circular to this effect has already been issued to the telecom service providers, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and others
A general feeling emerged that the telecom industry will not be affected in a major way in monetary terms for doing physical verification
The majority judgment in the Aadhaar case referred to the importance of having a strong data protection regime multiple times
Live streaming of apex court proceedings is a good first step
Let a thousand "fake" beneficiaries steal from the system, than have a single Santoshi die, crying for bhat in her final moments - simply because her Aadhaar and ration card weren't linked
Prasad held a meeting with IT secretary Ajay Kumar Sawhney and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey to review status of Aadhaar use in light of the judgement
Legal experts say an amendment is required to empower citizens to file criminal complaints
The SC judgment has clearly held that Aadhaar is constitutional and it does not tend to create a surveillance infrastructure, says UIDAI CEO
Some firms have temporarily stopped eKYC as they await further instructions from UIDAI and respective regulators