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Digital transaction volume grew at 50% in four years, shows data

Around 368,000 candidates have signed up for The FutureSkills PRIME ecosystem that aims to reskill or upskill 412,000 professionals

Rajya Sabha passes electoral reforms bill, Oppn stages walkout

The Bill seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplication of voters and weed out fake votes. It was passed by Lok Sabha on Monday

Aadhaar-voter ID link to clean voters list of multiple enrolment: Report

Government sources on Tuesday said the move to link Aadhaar with voter ID would solve the "major problem" of multiple enrolment of the same person at different places

Lok Sabha clears Bill to link voter ID, Aadhaar amid protests

Oppn parties unite, say Bill will infringe on fundamental rights of citizens

Lok Sabha passes electoral reforms bill that links Aadhaar to voter ID

This will allow the electoral registration officers to seek the Aadhaar number of people who want to register as voters for the purpose of establishing the identity

LS: Bill on linking electoral rolls with Aadhaar listed for introduction

A bill on electoral reforms which seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem to weed out duplicacy, is listed for introduction in Lok Sabha

E-Shram doesn't offer clarity on social security benefits, say experts

Mandatory Aadhaar-based mobile linkage is proving a hurdle for registration of many workers

Need collective global action for effective regulation of tech: Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday called for a "collective global action" for effective regulation of ever-changing technology and tech-driven payment systems.

UIDAI working on getting future technology for better service delivery: CEO

Garg added that the UIDAI would look at partnering with other nations and help them learn from India's Aadhaar example

Concept of Aadhaar data vault fallacious; impacting purpose: Sharma

R S Sharma criticised some of the restrictions imposed by the Unique Identification Authority of India over use of the unique ID due to apprehensions around privacy

UIDAI working to make smartphones as 'universal authenticator': CEO

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is looking at using smartphones as "universal authenticator" to establish a resident's identity, a top official said on Wednesday

58 Aadhaar Seva Kendras out of planned 166 functional now: UIDAI CEO

The Unique Identification Authority of India has made 58 out of the planned 166 Aadhaar Seva Kendras operational till now, a top official of the organisation said on Sunday

UIDAI plans to open 166 standalone Aadhaar enrolment and update centres

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has plans to open 166 standalone Aadhaar enrolment and update centres across the country, an official statement said on Saturday.

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

Aadhaar seeding must for EPF deposits from Sept, extended for north-east

Specified industries such as construction, plantation also given time till December 31

EPFO defers Aadhaar seeding with UANs for Northeast, certain industries

Retirement fund body EPFO has deferred implementation of its order mandating filing of PF returns with Aadhaar-verified universal account numbers (UAN) till December 31, 2021, for all seven states in the northeast and for certain class of industries like building & construction and plantations. This will give more time to employers to link their employees Aadhaar number with PF accounts or UAN in the northeastern states and certain industries having less penetration of Aadhaar in UANs. Earlier, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had extended the deadline for Aadhaar seeding with UANs for all subscribers to September 1, 2021 from June 1, 2021. This is the second extension of the deadline, though for a region and certain industries. An EPFO office order circulated last week showed that the date of implementation for filing ECR (electronic challan cum receipt or PF return) with Aadhaar verified UANs has been extended to 31 December, 2021 for administrative zone of ...

Sebi asks investors to link PAN with Aadhaar by Sep for smooth transactions

Failing to comply with this, a person's Permanent Account Number (PAN) card will become inoperative, which means incomplete Know Your Customer (KYC) details.

No outages in facility linking Aadhaar with PAN, EPFO: UIDAI

UIDAI said because of an essential security upgrade in its systems in a phased manner over the last week, some intermittent service interruptions were reported

HC seeks UIDAI, Centre's response on new Aadhaar to existing card holders

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from Centre and UIDAI on a petition seeking mechanism and procedure for issuance of new Aadhaar number to existing card holders.

Game changer: Making sense of open source software in digital economy

Earlier government projects used open-source technology, but the codes were never opened up to the larger community, reports Neha Alawadhi