Arun Jaitley On Aadhaar

Since The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill was passed in 2016, in the last 28 months over 122 crore Aadhaar numbers have been issued.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that a parliament approved legislation can restore mandatory linking of biometric ID Aadhaar with mobile phones and bank accounts, but did not say if the government will bring a new law for the same.

Describing the Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar as "historic", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it has helped the government in saving Rs 90,000 crore every year with targeted delivery of government schemes.

Addressing the joint session of parliament on the first day of budget session, President Ramnath Kovind gave an overview of what to expect in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's fifth budget, the last full-fledged one, before the country votes for the general elections in 2019. The government's list of priorities before heading to parliamentary electio...

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today alleged that the previous UPA regime had divergent views on Aadhaar and the Congress-led government changed its position to oppose the legislation after assuming the role of Opposition in Parliament.

The recent Supreme Court order on the right to privacy lays down the correct exemptions which protects Aadhaar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley through an amendment to tax proposals in the Finance Bill for 2017-18 had made Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns.

Facing a legal challenge to its law that makes an Aadhaar number a must for filing income tax returns, the central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday during a three hour-long hearing that the need to uniquely identify tax payers outweigh interests such as the citizen's right to be let alone. The government, which has detected nearly 10 ...

The Goods and Services Tax regime that the government targets to roll out from 1 July could help push India's growth rate to above the eight per cent-mark in the medium term, the International Monetary Fund has said, painting a bright outlook for the Indian economy. Tao Zhang, the IMF's Deputy Managing Director believes India has made significant p...

Since leaders of the two largest parties in parliament are backing the same system which allows them to collect money, I thought it may be a good idea to look at it carefully.

Arun Jaitley was replying to a debate on the Finance Bill and the accompanying 40 amendments to different laws including one making Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income tax return from July as well as for applying for permanent account number.

The controversial move to force income taxpayers to link their permanent account number or PAN to the 12-digit Aadhaar number is a key step taken by the Centre as part of the ongoing exercise to clamp down on black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. The new provisions, part of the Finance Bill that was cleared by the Lok Sabha after Mr Jait...

"With Aadhaar, we can stop a person from creating extra PAN cards as it is backed by biometrics like finger prints and iris scans," said Arun Jaitley.

Will Finance Minister Arun Jaitley fall ill tomorrow? This was an intriguing question posed by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in Rajya Sabha after a discussion on biometric identification Aadhaar, listed for Wednesday, was put off.

The new rules kick in starting July, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. Because they are amendments to the Finance Bill, the government should have no trouble having them cleared in parliament.

Since The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill was passed in 2016, in the last 28 months over 122 crore Aadhaar numbers have been issued.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today that a parliament approved legislation can restore mandatory linking of biometric ID Aadhaar with mobile phones and bank accounts, but did not say if the government will bring a new law for the same.

Describing the Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar as "historic", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it has helped the government in saving Rs 90,000 crore every year with targeted delivery of government schemes.

Addressing the joint session of parliament on the first day of budget session, President Ramnath Kovind gave an overview of what to expect in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's fifth budget, the last full-fledged one, before the country votes for the general elections in 2019. The government's list of priorities before heading to parliamentary electio...

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today alleged that the previous UPA regime had divergent views on Aadhaar and the Congress-led government changed its position to oppose the legislation after assuming the role of Opposition in Parliament.

The recent Supreme Court order on the right to privacy lays down the correct exemptions which protects Aadhaar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley through an amendment to tax proposals in the Finance Bill for 2017-18 had made Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns.

Facing a legal challenge to its law that makes an Aadhaar number a must for filing income tax returns, the central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday during a three hour-long hearing that the need to uniquely identify tax payers outweigh interests such as the citizen's right to be let alone. The government, which has detected nearly 10 ...

The Goods and Services Tax regime that the government targets to roll out from 1 July could help push India's growth rate to above the eight per cent-mark in the medium term, the International Monetary Fund has said, painting a bright outlook for the Indian economy. Tao Zhang, the IMF's Deputy Managing Director believes India has made significant p...

Since leaders of the two largest parties in parliament are backing the same system which allows them to collect money, I thought it may be a good idea to look at it carefully.

Arun Jaitley was replying to a debate on the Finance Bill and the accompanying 40 amendments to different laws including one making Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income tax return from July as well as for applying for permanent account number.

The controversial move to force income taxpayers to link their permanent account number or PAN to the 12-digit Aadhaar number is a key step taken by the Centre as part of the ongoing exercise to clamp down on black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. The new provisions, part of the Finance Bill that was cleared by the Lok Sabha after Mr Jait...

"With Aadhaar, we can stop a person from creating extra PAN cards as it is backed by biometrics like finger prints and iris scans," said Arun Jaitley.

Will Finance Minister Arun Jaitley fall ill tomorrow? This was an intriguing question posed by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in Rajya Sabha after a discussion on biometric identification Aadhaar, listed for Wednesday, was put off.

The new rules kick in starting July, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. Because they are amendments to the Finance Bill, the government should have no trouble having them cleared in parliament.