Narendra Modi On Aadhaar

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the "sudden deactivation" of Aadhaar cards of people in her state, "especially those" belonging to the SC, ST and OBC communities.

A team of Gujarat Police on Wednesday arrested a person from Bihar's Muzaffarpur district for allegedly tampering with the Aadhaar cards of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, announcing the Union Budget for 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday, said India will become a $3-trillion economy this year. In the first Budget in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term, the Finance Minister proposed to extend the 25 per cent ceiling to corporates with a turnover up to Rs 400 crore, permit fili...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojna (PM-SYM) on Tuesday. The PM-SYM, a pension scheme for unorganized workers is being implemented for an estimated 42 crore workers in the unorganized sector constituting around 85 per cent of the total labour force of the country, Ministry Of Labour & Employment said in a...

The BJP today described the Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar as a big victory for the "pro-poor Modi government", saying that the top court has upheld the constitutional validity of the scheme and asserted that it does not violate privacy.

The government, on Thursday, issued an advisory to all states to accept documents in electronic form. With the idea of paperless governance, and an aim to make life simpler for citizens, the government announced that documents such as driving license, car registration, voter ID, PAN card, school and college certificates, and many other documents is...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the opposition for opposing technology be it in the form of Aadhaar card or EVMs and said the BJP wants to promote a modern India by giving importance to skill development and innovation.

Aadhaar and the technology behind it do not pose any privacy issue, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said. In fact, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the World Bank to take Aadhaar to other countries as it is "worth emulating".

India is aiming to be a digital economy and a less-cash society. But the aim of digital transactions for curbing corruption and ensuring transparency can be fully achieved only when citizens in the remotest corners of the country are able to carry out cashless transactions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brother and president of Gujarat Fair Price Shop Owners Association Prahlad Modi on Thursday said several people have been denied monthly ration at fair price shops in the state because of problems in the software installed at these shops.

The Congress today attacked the Centre after the UIDAI filed an FIR with the Delhi Police over a newspaper report on the breach of details of more than one billion Aadhaar cards, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "evasive" and shooting the messenger, instead of probing the leak.

Noting that Aadhaar is helping in bringing about an "irreversible change" in people's interest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Unique Identification Number will work as a "big weapon" in the fight against benami property too.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said direct transfer of government benefits using technology, bank accounts and biometric identifier Aadhaar has helped save USD 10 billion in subsidies.

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of Bengal, has taken the centre to the Supreme Court, challenging rules that make Aadhaar or national identity card numbers mandatory for drawing benefits from government welfare schemes. Ms Banerjee is among the biggest critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies. Her government's petition will be heard o...

Fuelled by Aadhaar and Jan Dhan Yojana, India has improved upon all the macro-economic indicators over the last three years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the "sudden deactivation" of Aadhaar cards of people in her state, "especially those" belonging to the SC, ST and OBC communities.

A team of Gujarat Police on Wednesday arrested a person from Bihar's Muzaffarpur district for allegedly tampering with the Aadhaar cards of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, announcing the Union Budget for 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday, said India will become a $3-trillion economy this year. In the first Budget in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term, the Finance Minister proposed to extend the 25 per cent ceiling to corporates with a turnover up to Rs 400 crore, permit fili...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojna (PM-SYM) on Tuesday. The PM-SYM, a pension scheme for unorganized workers is being implemented for an estimated 42 crore workers in the unorganized sector constituting around 85 per cent of the total labour force of the country, Ministry Of Labour & Employment said in a...

The BJP today described the Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar as a big victory for the "pro-poor Modi government", saying that the top court has upheld the constitutional validity of the scheme and asserted that it does not violate privacy.

The government, on Thursday, issued an advisory to all states to accept documents in electronic form. With the idea of paperless governance, and an aim to make life simpler for citizens, the government announced that documents such as driving license, car registration, voter ID, PAN card, school and college certificates, and many other documents is...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the opposition for opposing technology be it in the form of Aadhaar card or EVMs and said the BJP wants to promote a modern India by giving importance to skill development and innovation.

Aadhaar and the technology behind it do not pose any privacy issue, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said. In fact, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the World Bank to take Aadhaar to other countries as it is "worth emulating".

India is aiming to be a digital economy and a less-cash society. But the aim of digital transactions for curbing corruption and ensuring transparency can be fully achieved only when citizens in the remotest corners of the country are able to carry out cashless transactions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brother and president of Gujarat Fair Price Shop Owners Association Prahlad Modi on Thursday said several people have been denied monthly ration at fair price shops in the state because of problems in the software installed at these shops.

The Congress today attacked the Centre after the UIDAI filed an FIR with the Delhi Police over a newspaper report on the breach of details of more than one billion Aadhaar cards, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "evasive" and shooting the messenger, instead of probing the leak.

Noting that Aadhaar is helping in bringing about an "irreversible change" in people's interest, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Unique Identification Number will work as a "big weapon" in the fight against benami property too.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said direct transfer of government benefits using technology, bank accounts and biometric identifier Aadhaar has helped save USD 10 billion in subsidies.

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of Bengal, has taken the centre to the Supreme Court, challenging rules that make Aadhaar or national identity card numbers mandatory for drawing benefits from government welfare schemes. Ms Banerjee is among the biggest critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies. Her government's petition will be heard o...

Fuelled by Aadhaar and Jan Dhan Yojana, India has improved upon all the macro-economic indicators over the last three years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.