Trade Unions in India resist EPFO’s Aadhaar mandate
Trade unions in India have taken issue with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization’s (EPFO) decision to make Aadhaar registration mandatory…
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Morpho subsidiaries in India get ISO certification
Morpho (Safran) has announced that two of its Indian subsidiaries have received ISO certification. Namely, Smart Chip Ltd. has secured…
Indian Finance ministry plans biometric ATMs
In an attempt to encourage greater Aadhaar enrollment, the finance ministry in India has asked all public sector and rural…
Dept. of Food and Civil Supplies to begin issuing biometric ration cards in India, shortly after 150 bogus cards discovered
The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in India will begin issuing photo-biometric ration cards for current Below…
Fishermen in Goa to get biometric smart ID cards
The Indian Department of Fisheries has started distributing biometric smart cards to fishermen in Goa. These new smart cards have…
Haryana Police launch biometric fingerprint system in Karnal district
Police in Haryana have begun to pilot test a biometric fingerprint device to detect criminals by their fingerprints in the…
Engineering school in Andhra becomes first state-run school to install biometric attendance system in the Indian state
Becoming the first state-run educational institution in the state of Andhra to install a biometric attendance system on its campus,…
Suprema fingerprint live scanner receives final SQTC certification for UID project
Suprema Inc.’s RealScan-G1 fingerprint live scanner tested in full compliance and received final certification from the Government of India’s Standardisation…
Aadhaar number holders can now update demographics online, but NPR-Aadhaar duplication remains an issue
The Unique Identificaiton Authority of India has launched a new web portal allowing Aadhaar number holders to correct or update…
Biometrics to thwart rampant ticket scalping at India’s Western Railway
Fighting increasing concerns of illegal scalpers — or ticket touts — Western Railway in India will introduce fingerprint scanners to…
