COVID-19: Thousands pushed to starvation due to faulty biometric system in Bihar

Poor, elderly not able to match fingerprints on system, not getting food grain as a result

Supreme Court upholds the constitutional validity of Aadhaar

Aadhaar will no longer be required to be given to banks, cellphone firms, schools or offices but would be required for filing I-T returns

Widow starves to death in Jharkhand after being deprived of Aadhaar-linked benefits

Investigation reveals how bank account was opened under a dead person's name and Aadhaar-linked benefits were transferred to that account

How Aadhaar evolved into an invisible tool to monitor almost all our transactions

Sold as a concept to plug leakages in welfare schemes, Aadhaar is now creating more problems than what it had set out to resolve

Who has rights over a citizen’s body? New twist in Aadhaar controversy

Centre says citizens don’t have absolute rights over their body, but critics point to right to liberty and dignity 

Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar Bill as a single window to distribute subsidy

Opposition terms move a ‘conspiracy to undermine the Rajya Sabha’

The DNA of a flawed Bill

A new Bill, if passed, will allow the government to collect and use DNA samples of suspected criminals as well as civilians, leaving the …

Those without Aadhaar card can’t be denied service: Supreme Court

Information about fingerprints and other data in criminal investigations could be shared only after a suspect approves it, says apex court

No Aadhaar, no LPG subsidy

Gas cylinder subsidy will be transferred only to those consumers who get their Aadhar number linked to LPG consumer number, insists petroleum …

Aadhaar-based LPG subsidy put on hold

Cap on subsidised cylinders raised to 12 per year

Direct Cash Transfer scheme begins on low key

Government scales down UID-linked scheme to 248,000 people in 20 districts

Aadhaar not essential for availing public services, LPG subsidy: SC

Centre's claim that unique identity card is voluntary is belied by action to link several benefits and services with Aadhar, says Supreme Court

Battle between UIDAI and home ministry ends

Data of people covered by the Unique Identification Authority of India will be used for the National Population Register

MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar could have been prevented

Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom

Cash transfers do not benefit

Jitendra visited three districts in Rajasthan to meet people who are supposed beneficiaries of UPA government’s much-touted Direct Benefit …