$340 million allocated for Aadhaar expansion in Indian budget
According to a recent press report, after an extensive review, India’s new national government has decided to retain and expand…
Aadhaar
Aadhaar is the 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. The Aadhaar project aims to provide a single, unique identifier which captures all the demographic and biometric details of every resident of India.
India to identify all citizens in three years, issue new biometrics card
India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh gave government officials a three-year deadline to identify citizens through the National Population Register (NPR)….
Top biometrics news stories, week of June 22
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India confirms NPR as primary national identity scheme
According to India’s Home Ministry, the National Population Register (NPR) will be the new favored national identification scheme. The NPR…
Gov’t IT officials to meet to discuss Aadhaar’s future
According to press reports, government technology officials will meet this week to discuss the future of Aadhaar, the world’s biggest…
Aadhaar reportedly to be merged with India’s census database
Unconfirmed newspaper reports claim that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) might be merged with India’s National Population Register…
Top biometrics news stories, week of June 15
Biometrics Week in Review: Aadhaar issues, Nigeria sets guidelines for biometric databases, NSA comments on using facial recognition on American`s,…
NSA allegedly using Aadhaar to spy on India
India’s new Bharatiya Janata Party government has come under pressure to scrap Aadhaar, the program which aims to enroll all…
Enrollment agencies in major Aadhaar dispute
Private businesses that are engaged in Aadhaar enrollment are protesting the high penalties being levied on them by the Unique…
Top Biometrics News Stories, Week of May 25
Biometrics Week in Review: Samsung to expand biometrics use, Indian election to impact Aadhaar, new mobile healthcare and fitness app,…
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