Indian state launches pilot for family digital ID card project
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has inaugurated a pilot project to introduce family digital ID cards, aimed at streamlining…
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.
DPI is taking stage as India’s digital model is shaping global governance
Governments worldwide are increasingly prioritizing the development of robust Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), in a shift that comes in response…
Clearance obtained to issue delayed Aadhaar digital ID to nearly 1M Indians
Nearly 9.35 lakh (almost one million) Indians in the State of Assam, who had issues with having the Aadhaar digital…
India’s central bank launches lending platform connected to Aadhaar KYC
Governor Shaktikanta Das of the Reserve Bank of India has announced a nationwide launch of the Unified Lending Interface (ULI),…
Biometrics feature launched by Airtel as India steps up KYC
Digital payments have surged in popularity in India, particularly through methods such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). However, with…
Indian regulator considers biometric authentication for UPI payments
The National Payments Corporation of India is considering integrating biometric authentication into its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions as a…
DPI for farmers a central feature of India’s 2024-2025 budget
India is extending its digital public infrastructure to the agriculture sector with its 2024-2025 budget, and working towards bringing DPI…
RBI mandates dynamically generated authentication for digital payments
To support advancements in authentication technology, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated the implementation of an additional factor…
India reports 1.38B Aadhaar numbers generated
India’s minister of state for electronic and information technology, Shri Jitin Prasada, says that to date, 1.38 billion Aadhaar numbers…
India’s UPSC seeks biometric authentication tech to combat civil service exam fraud
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has issued a call for tenders to implement digital biometric technologies aimed at bolstering…
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