Indian gas company leaks 6,700,000 Aadhaar data: Report

The database was found by a security researcher who chose to remain anonymous.

Liquidity issues, Aadhaar ban roil NBFCs, micro-credit plunge 15 pc in Q3

Disbursements stood at Rs 41,840 crore for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, down from Rs 49,450 crore.

The Supreme Court on February 6 had confirmed that linkage of PAN with Aadhaar is mandatory for filing of ITRs.

SC also said it would not be mandatory to link Aadhaar to bank accounts and telecom service providers cannot seek its linking for mobile.

The budgetary allocation for UIDAI for the current fiscal ending March 2019 was Rs 1,345 crore .

Biometric Privacy Platform adds a privacy and consumer-choice layer on top of Aadhaar online and offline authentication modes.

The Digital Dividend Report prepared by the World Bank estimates that India can save Rs 77,000 cr every year by the use of Aadhaar.

Jaitley admitted that BJP while in Opposition, had some reservations on Aadhaar particularly with regard to non-citizens being enrolled.

'At present, what happens is that the guilty person who causes an accident flees the scene and gets a duplicate licence,' Prasad said.

They would need approval from the senior-most civil servant in the interior ministry to carry out such surveillance.