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The statement comes a month after the Ministry of Civil Aviation said within three to four months, it would be mandatory for air travellers in the country to provide unique identification (UID) like Aadhaar card, passport or PAN, at the time of booking tickets.

Govt may make Aadhaar must for rail concession in Budget 2017

Government is contemplating to make Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID) card mandatory to avail rail concession, and an announcement is likely to be made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the first combined General and Railway Budget on February 1.

Aadhaar must for sr citizen train ticket concession from Apr 1

Railway Ministry has decided to implement Aadhaar-based ticketing system for senior citizens in a two-phased manner.

Regulatory bodies seek clarity on applicability of Aadhaar

The Apex Court last month had said that the Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for government services.

Samagra vs Aadhar: MP beats UPA-2 at its own game

Till date, the UPA's brainchild UID has covered 66% of Madhya Pradesh population. But the BJP ruled state has not only mapped its entire 7.5 crore population through its own unique identity number system christened Samagra.

UIDAI Has Issued 51 Crore Aadhar Numbers

UIDAI has said it is in the process of completing its mandate of covering 60 crore people by the end of the current fiscal.

Neta Nilekani is fine, but I still wouldn't buy his Aadhaar

Nilekani has been doing the UPA's dirty work of shoving a quasi-illegal Aadhaar card down our throats in the name of empowering the poor. If an articulate and intelligent man like Nilekani can push such a major initiative without any law backing it and still survive the political challenges, he is surely half a politician already.

India Inc should push for privacy laws

More surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective

Over 40 Crore Indians Get Unique Identification Number

UIDAI recently unveiled three new Aadhaar-enabled services - the authentication services using iris, authentication service using one-time pin and eKYC service.

UIDAI aims to cover 60-crore citizens under 'Aadhaar'

Unique Identification Authority of india (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani saod that they target enrolling 60 crore people by 2014. As of now, 45 crore people had been enrolled. If that target is achieved, every one out of two residents in India will have an Aadhar card.

People benefiting from system leakages to oppose UID:Sharma

RS Sharma talks to Forbes India about his tenure as the director general and mission director of the UIDAI and his vision as the new chief secretary of Jharkhand.

Will UID start to deliver?

A lot of infrastructure has to work together for UID to succeed, says Edgar Whitley.

Nilekani leads newsmakers in 2012 on UID

Nandan Nilekani is the top Newsmaker for envisaging and implementing the UID programme based on which the government plans to launch the Direct Cash Transfer scheme by January 1, 2013

Find out: How ready is govt for direct cash transfers?

India is in the throes of a massive experiment. Everything the government gives its citizens- pension, fertilizers, insurance, kerosene, employment, dole and scholarships, will all be in the form of cash through a bank account with the beneficiary identified through his/her biometric details

Can cash transfer boost already existing govt schemes?

Indianomics, CNBC-TV18‘s special show highlights the pros and cons of the direct cash transfer scheme with Pratap Keshari Deo, Food and Civil Supplies Minister in Odisha government, Kirit Parikh, economist and former Planning Commission member and Prof. Himanshu, economist from JNU.

Rajasthan To Link 10 Key Services To Aadhar

Aadhaar will be compulsory for old-age, widow and differently-abled pension schemes, ration cards, driving license, property registration, water and electricity connections among others.

Budget 2012: On UID-Aadhaar

The enrolments into the Aadhaar system have crossed 20 crore and the Aadhaar numbers generated upto date have crossed 14 crore. I propose to allocate adequate funds to complete another 40 crore enrolments starting from April 1, 2012.

Budget 2012: Working to direct cash transfer of LPG, kerosene subsidy

Budget 2012 has proposed to direct cash transfer of LPG, kerosene subsidy. Direct cash subsidy for LPG, kerosene is a positive for oil PSU’s. Budget 2012 to bring subsidy to 1.7% of GDP in next 3 years.

One Crore UID/Aadhaar Numbers Generated

4G Identity Solutions is the UIDAI empanelled agency to carry out enrolment services across India.

Ensuring consumer safety

Fake products have plagued global markets for a long time and brand owners have taken consistent initiatives to curtail this menace. As world-class innovations get tailor-made and are adopted in India, Annabel Dsouza examines how packaging technology provides the first line of defence against counterfeiting.

Direct kerosene subsidy transfer long overdue: Plan Panel

In an exclusive interview to CNBC-TV18, Kirit Parikh, member of the Planning Commission, says that an experiment on direct transfer of kerosene cash subsidy is long overdue.

India to be USD 5.6 trillion economy by 2020: D&B

India will become a USD 5.6 trillion economy by 2020, according to research firm Dun & Bradstreet, which has predicted a three-fold jump in the country's GDP from USD 1.7 trillion last fiscal on the back of rapid investment and growing consumer expenditure.

Panel headed by Montek suggests UID to plug PDS slippages

A working group on PDS reforms headed by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has advocated the use of unique identification numbers (UID) to plug the loopholes in the public distribution system (PDS).

National Innovation Council: Encouraging innovations

Behind every big movement lies the germ of a great idea, behind every change the power of thought that be at government, society or our systems, changes can only begin with an idea. It is to plant these ideas that the National Innovation Council is working.

Nilekani codes to improve subsidy delivery for aam aadmi

The wheels have been set in motion to overhaul India's subsidy delivery mechanism, reports CNBC-TV18's Aakansha Sethi.