Neelkanth Mishra appointed part-time Chairperson of UIDAI
The Chairperson and the Members appointed shall hold office for a term of three years or up to the age of sixty-five years whichever is earlier, from the date on which they assume office.
The Chairperson and the Members appointed shall hold office for a term of three years or up to the age of sixty-five years whichever is earlier, from the date on which they assume office.
The exercise is undertaken to make the operators aware of the latest changes in policies/procedures in the Aadhaar ecosystem and cut down errors at the operator’s level during enrolment, updates and authentication processes.
The facility can be availed under the ‘Verify email/mobile Number’ feature on the official website (https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/) or through mAadhaar App.
Now, government ministries and departments are allowed to undertake Aadhaar Authentication in the interest of good governance, preventing leakage of public funds and enablement of innovation and the spread of knowledge.
The collaboration between UIDAI and IIT Bombay through its NCETIS will lead to joint engagement in research and development (R&D) for the development of a system for UIDAI.
An unauthorized person from anywhere in the world can generate Aadhaar ID using the patch, which is easily available for Rs 2,500.
The move by UIDAI is expected to come as a major relief to parents and students who have been facing difficulties due to schools insisting on Aadhaar number during admission.
The numbers can be manually deleted from the phones, Google said, promising to fix the issue in future editions of its setup wizard.
Google apologised for “any concern that this might have caused”, and said it “would like to assure everyone that this is not a situation of an unauthorised access of their Android devices”.
Thousands of smartphone users in India were left puzzled when they found UIDAI toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebooks by default.
