Indian police force deploys NEC facial recognition solutions
NEC India has partnered with Innovative Telecom & Softwares Pvt. Ltd. to provide the Surat City Police in Gujarat, India…
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India plans unified electronic payment system linked to Aadhaar number
India has begun implementing plans for a centralized electronic payment system and set of APIs designed to encourage the country…
UIDAI devises method to recover lost Aadhaar numbers
The Unique Identification Authority of India, which oversees the country’s unique identity project, Aadhaar, has come up with a way…
Biometric attendance systems for Indian government employees found damaged or stolen
Less than two months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the implementation of biometric attendance systems (BAS), over 50…
Plans to link Aadhaar numbers, biometrics to digital identity raises privacy concerns
At a meeting of the India-U.S. Information and Communications Technologies Working Group last week, members discussed the process of establishing…
Mumbai to install nearly 6,000 CCTV cameras for surveillance
The Indian government will deploy 5,963 hi-tech CCTV cameras in 1,472 locations throughout Mumbai for a new CCTV surveillance system…
India implementing biometric attendance system for government employees
India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has implemented an Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system in 54 government centers in…
Unique Identification Authority of India sees 100 million Aadhaar numbers linked to bank accounts
The Unique Identification Authority of India announced that the number of Aadhaar numbers that are connected to bank accounts has…
India’s Election Commission to link biometric ID with electoral rolls
India’s Election Commission said that it will now use a voter’s 12-digit biometric-based Aadhaar number while updating electoral rolls across…
Indian government to allow passengers to use Aadhaar card for airport entry
Starting January 2015, passengers with an Aadhaar identification number will be allowed to enter the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore,…
