The Latest Breaking News from Aadhaar

Centre allows Aadhaar authentication for registration for births and deaths

The Central government has allowed the Office of Registrar General of India (RGI) to perform Aadhaar authentication during registration of births and deaths in India.

The Hindu · Jun 27, 2023

New deadline for Aadhaar-based rural jobs scheme wages

The Union Rural Development Ministry has extended the deadline for mandatory payments of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme via Aadhaar Based Payments System to August 31.

The Hindu · Jun 27, 2023

Police crack AePS-based cybercrime in Nellore, arrest 10 youth

Police in the district have unearthed a major financial fraud committed by misusing the Aadhaar-enabled Payment Services (AePS). They arrested 10 youths and recovered ₹51.25 lakh from them. Addressing the media here on Tuesday, SPSR Nellore district Superintendent of Police K. Tirumaleswara Reddy said that a probe has revealed that…

The Hindu · Jun 27, 2023

With deadline nearing, Aadhaar seeding of 93.4% MGNREGS workers completed in Kerala

With deadline nearing, Aadhar seeding of 93.4% MGNREGS workers completed in Kerala

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023

Data leaks and government denials: CoWIN is front-page news across English newspapers

It’s only Tuesday and the biggest news of the week is the CoWIN data breach, where the private information of lakhs of Indians registered on the app was allegedly leaked to private players. A Telegram bot revealed details of individuals on entering their phone number or Aadhaar card details.

Newslaundry · Jun 13, 2023

CoWIN data leak: Aadhaar, passport details, phone numbers of lakhs of Indians made public on Telegram

In a major data breach, private information of lakhs of Indians registered on the CoWIN app to avail Covid-19 vaccination has reportedly been leaked to private players.  

Newslaundry · Jun 12, 2023

Centre urges States to adopt Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGS workers to avoid wage delays

The Ministry has also asserted that workers would not be refused work if they did not have an Aadhaar number.

The Hindu · Jun 3, 2023

MP John Brittas flags Aadhaar-based ‘financial fraud’

Member of Parliament John Brittas highlighted incidents “where individuals have been robbed of their hard-earned financial resources through Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) within a matter of minutes” in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Hindu · May 31, 2023

Give an opportunity to pre-2014 retirees to avail of higher PF pensions: Kerala MP

Kerala MP John Brittas, in a letter to Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said the Supreme Court’s November 2022 judgement “does not negate the right of higher pension” for pre-2014 retirees; he also said the online portal for those who wished to avail themselves of higher PF pension was riddled…

The Hindu · May 4, 2023

UIDAI allows residents to verify email, mobile number seeded with Aadhaar

The development comes after the Aadhaar custodian noticed that in some instances, residents were not aware or sure about which of their mobile numbers was seeded to their Aadhaar

The Hindu · May 2, 2023