The Centre has issued directions to ministries/departments to ensure payment of subsidy/incentive to beneficiaries of welfare schemes through Aadhaar Payment Bridge and ensuring 100% biometric Aadhaar authentication.
The state government at a meeting with the school education department today directed that money meant for tablets or smartphones for students of Class XI and XII should be disbursed after it is linked with the Aadhaar of the respective students, from next year.
Sumnesh Joshi, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Communications said that the country has seen one of the fastest roll out of 5G services across the world and has taken the lead in 6G.
In an unprecedented move, the Centre has allowed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to utilise Aadhaar-based authentication to verify candidates' identities voluntarily, both at the time of registration and during several stages of examinations and recruitment.
According to Swain, three different buckets of opportunities got created over the last three-four years.
She also cautioned him not to “add fuel to fire” if he didn’t not know “how to douse it smouldering in Assam, North- East, Delhi and other parts of the country in the name of implementing the black Citizenship Amendment Act-National Register of Citizens.”
In a written reply to Parliament, Prasad said the data of Aadhaar is completely secure and it is audited frequently from time to time.
There have been reports of the government being in final stages of coming out with a law to link Aadhaar with property.
The Supreme Court last month extended the deadline to publish the final NRC list by a month to August 31.
Sitharaman also proposed to consider issuing Aadhaar card for NRIs with Indian passports after their arrival in India without waiting for the mandatory 180 days.
