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Child's Aadhaar not mandatory for availing benefits of Poshan scheme: Govt

The Women and Child Development Ministry has clarified that a child's Aadhaar card is not mandatory for availing the benefits of nutrition scheme scheme

Finance secy appeals states to optimise Aadhaar use within legal framework

Finance Secretary T V Somanathan on Wednesday appealed states and Union Territories to optimise use of Aadhaar within the existing legal framework for improving delivery of services to people. While speaking at a workshop organised by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Somanathan said Indians must be proud of the fact that Aadhaar was created by India, not copied from the western world. He said that everybody shares a social security number in the United States and it is not a state secret there. "We already have a supreme court judgment on this subject and there is a law. So, within the contours of that law and sticking within the parameters of the law, we should unabashedly do everything that will help us to maximize the potential of Aadhaar without having any sort of apprehension that something is wrong," Somanathan said. He appealed the government departments to maximize the potential of the scientific and administrative achievement -- Aadhaar. Government think-

What is masked Aadhaar? Can it prevent misuse?

Soon after issuing notification to use masked Aadhaar for identification, instead of sharing photocopies, Unique Identification Authority of India withdrew it. But what exactly is masked Aadhaar?

UIDAI slashes Aadhaar authentication charge to Rs 3 from Rs 20: CEO

Aadhaar custodian UIDAI has slashed the price for authentication by customers to Rs 3 from Rs 20 per instance to enable entities leverage its infrastructure

28 Aadhaar Seva Kendras opened as part of plan to launch enrollment centres

While Aadhaar enrolment is free, it said, a nominal charge of Rs 50 is payable for updating details like adding mobile number to Aadhaar, updating address, etc

Another ID card?

One nation, one card proposal raises many questions

Aadhaar verification to be must for new dealers from Jan 2020: GSTN

Those who don't want Aadhaar authentication, physical verification will be carried out, which will be completed in three days, Sushil Kumar Modi said