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What is Aadhar, Eligibility and Process to Download Aadhar Using Name and DOB

23Jun By PriyankaNo Comments

INDIA

What is Aadhar, Eligibility and Process to Download Aadhar Using Name and DOB

Aadhar Card is a 12 digit unique identification number issued by the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India). The Aadhar card is based on a person’s biometric and demographic data. Aadhar card has become a very crucial document in India and is linked to a wide range of services like bank account, passport, etc and government benefit schemes like LPG subsidy, pension payment, etc. In fact Aadhar card has made life easier as just one card serves as both identification and residential proof. How to get an Aadhar Card The applicant needs to head to their nearest Aadhar Enrolment Centre, fill the form, provide necessary document and information, get his/her biometrics recorded and finally collect the acknowledgement slip. An applicant can check the status of their application o...

Exclusive: Aadhar Updated QR Code For Offline Verification

19Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

INDIA

Exclusive: Aadhar Updated QR Code For Offline Verification

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is working on measures to add extra layer of privacy to Aadhar and hence has come up with an updated "QR code" to hold details like name, address, photo and date of birth that will help in offline user verification without the need of 12 digit ID, as confirmed from the sources. While Aadhar is increasingly becoming popular as a universal national ID, QR code mechanism will further aid in easy offline check while safeguarding user's privacy from any third party theft or misuse of personal information. This would be particularly helpful in establishing the identity with non-statutory identities such as during the verification of online shopping portals when delivering goods. For example: When an online delivery man asks for user's id ...

Airtel Payments Bank Receives 5 Crore Fine From RBI

10Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

INDIA

Airtel Payments Bank Receives 5 Crore Fine From RBI

Airtel Payments Bank is seeing red this week after the Reserve Bank of India imposed a Rs 5 Cr penalty on the company for violation of operating guidelines and Know Your Customer (KYC) norms. After receiving several complaints and media reports asserting that the bank had opened customer accounts without the explicit consent of the customers, the RBI conducted an administrative visit to the bank on November 20-22, 2017. The fine was later imposed after RBI inspected the banks documents related to the opening of accounts. "The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, on March 7, 2018, a monetary penalty of Rs 50 million on Airtel Payments Bank Limited (the bank) for contravening the ?Operating Guidelines for Payments Banks and directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms...

UIDAI Allows Airtel Aadhaar Based Verification till March 31

15Jan By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA

UIDAI Allows Airtel Aadhaar Based Verification till March 31

Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has extended the temporary permission given to Bharti Airtel for using the biometric identity for re-verification of its mobile customers till March 31. It had last month allowed Airtel to use Aadhaar for re-verification of its mobile customers till January 10 with stiff riders after the company returned ₹138 crore LPG subsidy that allegedly flowed into unsolicited payment bank accounts. The Unique Identification Authority of India maintained however that Airtel Payments Bank’s eKYC licence will remain suspended till final enquiry and audit report, sources privy to the development told PTI. When contacted, an Airtel spokesperson said: “We can confirm that the UIDAI has permitted Bharti Airtel to continue Aadhaar based e-KYC till March 31, 2018, subj...

Editors Guild Condemns FIR Against Tribune Reporter Who Exposed Aadhar Leaks

8Jan By PriyankaNo Comments

INDIA

Editors Guild Condemns FIR Against Tribune Reporter Who Exposed Aadhar Leaks

The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned over reports that the Deputy Director of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had registered an FIR against Rachna Khaira, a reporter of The Tribune, in the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police. The reporter has been booked under IPC sections 419 (punishment for cheating under impersonation), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery), 471 (using a forged document) and also under sections of the IT Act and the Aadhar Act. The Tribune report of January 3 by Khaira had exposed how, for a small sum of money made to a payment bank, an agent of a private group would allegedly create a gateway to access details contained in an individual’s Aadhar card. Using a false identity, Khaira had posed as an interested party and claimed in her report that s...

After Airtel Banned From UIDAI, Airtel Payments Bank Head Quits

23Dec By NitishNo Comments

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After Airtel Banned From UIDAI, Airtel Payments Bank Head Quits

Airtel Payments Bank Managing Director and CEO Shashi Arora has resigned in the wake of the firms eKYC licence suspension by Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI. "Shashi has decided to move on to pursue opportunities outside of Airtel. We wish Shashi the very best for his future endeavours," the company said in a statement. Arora has been working with Airtel in senior leadership roles since 2006. He was appointed MD and CEO of Airtel Payments Bank on June 1, 2016. "He has been an asset for Airtel and over the years has contributed to the company?s growth story. Having led the operations in key telecom circles followed by building a strong DTH business, he has laid the foundation for Airtels payments bank operations," the statement said. The Unique Identity Authority of India...