While it is true that the Verdict on the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar reads down the Aadhaar Act in several key areas, the overall effect is one of deep disappointment about the readiness of the Indian judiciary for the digital age. The judgment is rife with a lack of comprehension Read more…
Title of article Source Location Date Fraud Online banking fraud racket busted – 4 including kingpin held Hindustan Times Delhi 25-05-2018 Banking Fraud Aadhaar-link con calls may wipe out your bank balance The Times of India Lucknow 13-05-2018 Phishing Scam Credit card fraud: 3 nabbed in Bengal Times of India Read more…
Title of article Source Location Date Fraud How Aadhaar in Database Other Documents Fringe area tenants under cop scanner The Telegraph Palamu 23-09-2018 Property rent Forged NA Y Aligarh killings: Police to quiz ex-SP MLA over ‘fake encounter’ charge The Times of India Aligarh 23-09-2018 NA NA NA Y Two Read more…
In what is a clear violation of a Supreme Court order that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for bank accounts till the case in the Supreme Court is concluded, the Finacle banking software used by banks requires Aadhaar in order to create bank accounts, reports Moneylife. The Supreme Court, in Read more…
A document from the UCO bank leaked on Twitter seems to be setting a target of 16 enrolments daily that must be met by the operators. @gautambhatia88 bank employees are being harassed in the name of Aadhar. There are daily targets in bank for Aadhar enrollment and Aadhar updation and Read more…
India Post website appears to have added the option to de-link Aadhaar to their form for Aadhaar linking. This is actually a requirement for AUAs and KUAs according to the rules, which is being ignored in the push for linking Aadhaar with everything, as we pointed out in the post Read more…
In the latest addition to the ever-expanding Aadhaar ecosystem, Aurangabad-based Strides Software Solutions has launched the ‘d-health’ application, which is touted to be a unique donor engagement platform connecting the various stakeholders involved in blood donations. By centralizing donor registration, the app facilitates donor filtration, helping determine whether the donor Read more…
The Direct Benefit Transfer pilot for the Public Distribution system in Ranchi’s Nagri block in Jharkhand resulted in widespread exclusion and denial of food to some of the most needy in the state, as reported by the Right To Food Campaign in February this year. Aadhaar’s ghosts, that the government Read more…
In October 2017, the RBI announced a high level task force that would study and help set up a transparent and comprehensive public credit registry (PCR). The RBI’s PCR was intended to be “an extensive database of credit information for India that is accessible to all stakeholders”. The PCR was intended to help improve efficiencies in the Indian credit market, aid financial inclusion, help control deliquencies and in general improve the ease of doing business.
Frequent warnings by banks and police are apparently not the solution to combating debit/credit card fraud. The Hindu reports that Cyber Cell officials in Kerala’s Kozhikode district are discovering three new cases every month on average. The victims are usually educated middle-class families or the elderly, and many are yet Read more…