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Today Aadhaar card has become one of the most important government authorized identity proofs for the Indian citizens. Since it contains the biometric as well as the demographic information of the card holder, it becomes a very important document for every person in the country. At times, you might face a need to update your Aadhaar details in the card. The two approaches to do this are either to visit the nearest Aadhaar enrolment center or get it done through the Self Service Update Portal (SSUP). Here we discuss how to change the photograph in the Aadhaar card. Steps to change your photo in your Aadhaar card <ul><li>Visit an Aadhaar enrolment center or Aadhaar Sewa Kendra located nearby.</li><li>Download the Aadhaar enrolment form you will find on the UIDAI’s official website. </li><li>Fill in all the columns of the form as asked with the right details.</li><li>Submit the form to the executive at the center and give your bio-metric details.</li><li>The executive will now click your photograph. </li><li>Your biometrics will have to be provided for the purpose of approving the details submitted. </li><li>For making the necessary updates, a fee of Rs 25 along with GST will be collected from you. </li><li>You will also be given an acknowledgement slip which will show you the URN (Update Request Number).</li><li>You can also use this URN to check the status of the update from time to time.</li></ul>Once your request for changing the photograph or any other details is processed, you can download a new card.

How to replace a photo in an Aadhar Card

<ul><li>The deadline for <keyword id="4596360" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="pan-aadhar-linking">PAN-Aadhar linking</keyword> has been extended to 31 March 2019. </li><li>It might have been done because the Supreme Court supported the activists’ argument to push back the deadlines. </li><li>Despite the fact that the deadline has been extended for the fifth time, only about 16.65 crore out of the 33 crore existing PANs have been linked with Aadhaar up till March this year. </li></ul> The <keyword id="121964" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Board-of-Direct-Taxes">Central Board of Direct Taxes</keyword> (CBDT) has issued an order under Section 119 of the Income Tax Act, stating that the deadline for PAN-Aadhar linking has been extended to 31 March 2019. The announcement was made this Saturday night, just a few hours before the end of the previous deadline. Despite the fact that the deadline has been extended for the fifth time, only about 16.65 crore out of the 33 crore existing PANs had been linked with Aadhaar, up till March this year. The earlier deadlines for the PAN-Aadhar linking were 31 July, 31 August and 31 December 2017 followed by 31 March and 30 June of this year. India had launched Aadhaar back in 2009 and it has now become the world's biggest biometric database. Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which came into effect from 1 July 2017, mandated that all taxpayers having an Aadhaar card must link it with their PAN. The biometric card would also be required to file income tax returns and to get a new <keyword id="74488" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="PAN-card">PAN card</keyword>. The provision was incorporated to check tax evasion through the use of multiple PAN cards. Activists have challenged the validity of the Aadhaar law, claiming that linking their <keyword id="155319" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aadhar">Aadhar</keyword> card for various purposes put their privacy at stake and thereby, violated their fundamental Right to Privacy. They also argue that Aadhar linking leaves room for misuse of their fingerprint and iris scans. The activists had filed petitions and moved court against this law. The five judges hearing the petitions had concluded the case in May but have not yet delivered the ruling regarding whether Aadhaar should be made mandatory for welfare schemes and financial transactions, or not. CBDT said that the announcement for extending the deadline has been made after "consideration of the matter". However, it seems that it was done because the Supreme Court, which has heard several petitions against the Aadhaar law, had supported arguments to push back the deadlines before the court gives a final verdict. Photo by: <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/PS8L_gmzW_4?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Annie Spratt</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/search/photos/india?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>,

Deadline for PAN-Aadhar linking extended for a fifth time, new date is 31 March 2019

Like a lot of botched situations, this one started with an ill-advised tweet. On 28 July, Ram Sewak Sharma, the current chief of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and interestingly, the former chief of the Unique Identification Authority of India (<keyword id="6355252" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="uidai">UIDAI</keyword>), challenged the Indian public to do their worst after disclosing his <keyword id="155319" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aadhar">Aadhar</keyword> number on <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword>. 
 
 
 
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 The challenge was meant to end the <keyword id="6355135" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Privacy">privacy</keyword> debate over Aadhar once and for all. Here was a prominent government official and a staunch advocate of the Aadhar programme giving out his details and asking for a “concrete example of harm”. The Twitterati had a field day. A number of users posted details about his PAN card, mobile number, home address and date of birth. However, Sharma brushed off the responses, stating that the info found was publicly available and they had nothing to do with his Aadhar number. While the accuracy of most of the information found wasn’t able to be verified, the damage was done. 
 
 
 
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 Even a French hacker, going by the handle of Elliot Alderson, like the character in the TV show Mr. Robot, weighed into the debate, posting a picture of Sharma with his daughter and declaring that he should never have disclosed his number in the first place. 
 
 
 
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 On 29 July, the UIDAI released a statement on the issue. The government agency in charge of implementing the Aadhar programme refuted the fact that RS Sharma’s personal information had been stolen by using his Aadhar number and reiterated the fact that these details were already available on the internet. 
 
 
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 On 31 July, Sharma, looking to reframe the narrative, authored <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rs-sharma-aadhaar-number-challenge-trai-chairman-twitter-5283781/">an opinion piece </a>in the Indian Express titled “Why I gave out my Aadhar number”. He explained that the tweet wasn’t “impulsive” and restated his beliefs about the security of the system. Rather than explaining what the risks of the programme were and how the UIDAI had provisioned for these risks, Sharma chastised the critics of Aadhar for “scaremongering”. He added that the people who had taken up the challenge had found his personal details through Google searches and had been using the info to “unsuccessfully” hack his email account and also subscribe him to a number of services, which failed because they required OTP authentication. Finally, he addressed the fact that someone had deposited ₹1 into his account. Without pausing to examine the leak of the his bank account info, he said that this did not mean anything because he had actually received money, which was a good thing. However, on the same day, the UIDAI issued a series of tweets cautioning people against giving out their Aadhar details. 
 
 
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 The statement, which functioned as a veiled rebuke of the challenge in the first place, explained that publishing personal information was not compliant with the law. The UIDAI also said that it was doing so would make the holder “vulnerable”, although it wasn’t clear to what - trolling on social media or the theft of their private info? The end result? No one knows for sure whether the Aadhar programme is safe or not. No one’s mind seems to have changed. If anything is certain, however, it is that the people at the helm of the programme need to think first before starting a wave of misinformation and confusion on social media. It only serves to dilute the national conversation.

Here’s what you need to know about TRAI chief’s Aadhar challenge and everything that’s happened since

All of a sudden, the same party that had opposed the idea of <keyword id="155319" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aadhar">Aadhar</keyword>, calling it a fraud scheme and assured of <keyword id="6354572" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="CBI">CBI</keyword> enquiry if voted to power, has taken a U-turn from its own move only three years after ruling the country. While CBI is being engaged elsewhere, the finance minister <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword> has mandated the linking of Aadhar to <keyword id="61610" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="pan">PAN</keyword>, driving licenses and several other documents. 
 
Why do we take U-turn? Before we jump in to analyze Aadhar and its allied insecurity, let’s get straight into philosophy of contradictions. What characterizes a critical thinker? American feminist historian <keyword id="4353413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="joan-wallach-scott">Joan Wallach Scott</keyword> would say “pointing a finger to contradictions.” French philosopher François Noudelmann in his book <keyword id="310615" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Le">Le</keyword> Génie du Mensonge (The Genius of Lies) portrays <keyword id="352788" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Michel-Foucault">Michel Foucault</keyword> as a man who has the courage of truth. 
 Perhaps U-turns are a necessary ingredient for triggering intellectual blunders. And nobody better than <keyword id="41281" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="NDA">NDA</keyword> government knows that most of us struggle to maintain stability in psychological unity. And at such a juncture, contradictions produce destabilizing breaches in the self. 
 
How the government wants to go with Aadhar? 
The 12-digit number will be required for all citizens of India to file tax returns, driving licenses, filing EPF, getting railway tickets and a variety of other services. 
 
 
 
Why is it alarming? 
Firstly, we need to do understand how Aadhar cards were made. Terming the procedure as causal wouldn’t be an exaggeration. A card that started as a mere identity card was gradually made into a mechanism to gain benefits from the government and now even to get basic things done in life. 
 
The process of registering people on Aadhar was executed through private enterprises known as enrollers who operated freely without any government supervision at the field level. The qualifications needed to become an enrolment agency were quite low and nobody was from a recognized name. 
 Also with the case of whether Aadhar would be mandatory for all these services still pending in the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword>, taking such a move would be no less than violations of <keyword id="42836" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="SC">SC</keyword> guidelines. 
 Besides, there is zero privacy of an individual. Aadhar doesn’t guarantee any privacy and allows for mass surveillance of the countrymen under the vague term of ‘national security’. Only law that is valid in the case is Section 47 that only <keyword id="86474" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Unique-Identification-Authority-of-India">Unique Identification Authority of India</keyword> (UIDAI) can file criminal complaint for theft of data. 
 
Government is the new <keyword id="4646" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Big-Boss">Big Boss</keyword> 
No you aren’t criminal that you would need to hide. But let’s admit it nobody wants to be tracked by a big brother. Imagine the scene when somebody knows how much you earn and spend, where you holiday and which flight did you take on your last office trip, which hotel did you put up and what broadband do you use. And for many people in the country who work on contracts and you will track every penny you earn even if you don’t work throughout the year. 
 And for the people who defend the bill saying you can share your personal data with <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> and <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword>, then why not with government? Tell them, there is a difference between choice and compulsion. And one can just track you and the other one can prevent you.

Here’s why linking Aadhar to all services
isn't much of a sensible step by the Modi government

<keyword id="45830" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bill-Gates">Bill Gates</keyword> is a lot of things. He’s the founder of Microsoft, one of the world’s richest men and arguably, the world’s most generous philanthropist. He’s also an advocate of the world’s largest biometric identification programme, the Indian government’s <keyword id="155319" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aadhar">Aadhar</keyword> scheme. It currently has over 1.1 billion Indian citizens enrolled. Gates has said that the scheme <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aadhaar-doesnt-pose-any-privacy-issue-bill-gates/articleshow/64013082.cms">does not pose any privacy issues</a>. In an additional vote of confidence, he has also provided funding for <keyword id="6354424" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="world-bank">World Bank</keyword> projects to replicate the scheme in other countries. Gates did, however stress, that the applications that use people’s Aadhar details need to be monitored effectively. “The individual applications that use Aadhaar, you have to look and see what's been stored and who has access to that information. And so, application by application, you have to make sure that's well managed”. Gate’s remarks echo similar sentiments expressed in November 2017, when he said that he didn’t called Aadhar a <a href="https://www.thequint.com/news/india/bill-gates-on-aadhaar-elephantiasis-swachh-bharat">“12-digit lie detector”</a> and said that it didn’t intrude on people’s <keyword id="6355135" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Privacy">privacy</keyword> by itself. It’s worth noting that he was also a <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bill-gates-lauds-govts-demonetisation-move/articleshow/55465263.cms">big fan of the Indian government’s demonetisation move</a> when it was launched, before<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Now-Gates-has-%E2%80%98no-opinion%E2%80%99-on-demonetisation/article16644671.ece"> changing tack the following month</a>. The Aadhar scheme has received a lot of backlash in recent years over security breaches, data leaks, its potential for mass surveillance and the fact that it requires the accumulation of several details of a person in a central database. There have also been fundamental concerns regarding the release of personal information to government agencies. In response, the government has consistently downplayed these concerns and cited the scheme as a tool for empowerment and the distribution of benefits. In July last year, K.K. Venugopal, the Attorney General representing the central government, said <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/right-to-privacy-not-fundamental-right-centre-tells-sc/article19369385.ece">that privacy could not be considered a fundamental right.</a> The <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme court</keyword> disagreed, accordingly, stating the following month that privacy was “<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/right-to-privacy-is-a-fundamental-right-supreme-court/articleshow/60203394.cms">intrinsic to the right to life</a>”. Hence, in implementing of the scheme, the government will have to focus on ensuring the right to privacy. The matter is still ongoing in the Supreme Court, and is said to be in its final stages. In the meantime, the linking of Aadhar details with mobile phones and <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/epfo-suspends-services-through-csc-says-no-data-leakage-1225340-2018-05-02">provident fund accounts</a> has been suspended, although the RBI still made it mandatory <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/business/rbi-makes-aadhaar-linking-of-bank-accounts-mandatory/article23621105.ece">for opening a bank account</a>, subject to the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Bill Gates defends India's Aadhar scheme, again

NEW DELHI: The government is looking for a new parent for the Unique Identification Author<keyword id="6354185" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="IT">it</keyword>y of India (UIDAI) as it prepares to wind up the <keyword id="46913" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Planning-commission">Planning Commission</keyword>, which had so far been the administrative authority for the body that has been tasked with issuing chip-based, biometric photo ID cards, called Aadhar, to all Indians. 
 Senior government officials told ET that the government can move UIDAI to the information technology (IT) ministry. They said discussions are on between the Planning Commission and the IT ministry on the feasibility of moving out UIDAI from the commission. “This is necessary since the government is working on the process of closing down the commission. Besides, placing UIDAI under the IT ministry will ensure greater synergy between the authority and the Centre,” one of these officials said on condition of anonymity. IT <keyword id="44284" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Secretary">secretary</keyword> RS Sharma has, however, said no such proposal was being considered by the ministry. 
 But some officials said the idea of putting UIDAI under the control of the IT ministry was mooted by Sharma, who was the director-general of UIDAI when it was launched in 2009. These officials also said that Sharma not only persuaded the <keyword id="6387077" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi-government">Narendra Modi government</keyword> to retain UIDAI but also convinced it to fast-track generation of Aadhar cards for 100 crore-plus Indians. According to the <keyword id="6354852" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="official">official</keyword> quoted earlier, the only hurdle before the government in attaching UIDAI to the IT ministry is co-ordination with states, which, until now, was done by the Planning Commission. 
 Soon after taking over as <keyword id="6000" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Home-Minister">home minister</keyword>, <keyword id="6355121" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rajnath-Singh">Rajnath Singh</keyword> had said that the government will merge UIDAI with the National Population Register, which is under his ministry. But days later, the <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword> announced that his government has decided to retain UIDAI and given it a target to issue Aadhaar cards to 100 crore citizens by the end of 2015.

Government May Move Aadhar Project To IT Ministry

Being an Indian, you may take pride. Because your <keyword id="155319" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aadhar">Aadhar</keyword> card is a part of the world’s largest biometrics-based identity programme. The meek and humble 12-digit number during the <keyword id="6355364" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="UPA">UPA</keyword> government was made to stop fraud and pilferage from India’s social welfare programmes. Move to 2017! The <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword> government is gradually making it mandatory for every citizen to use our Aadhar cards from buying railway tickets, filing tax returns to marriage certificates, entrance exams mobile phone cards to banking. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-why-linking-aadhar-to-all-servicesisnt-much-of-a-sensible-step-by-the-modi-government/articleshow/57893415.cms">ALSO READ: Stop comparing India's Aadhar with USA's social security number. Govt needs to bring a privacy law for citizens before linking aadhar to PAN</a> 
 
Good enough! So Aadhar has a different <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-why-linking-aadhar-to-all-servicesisnt-much-of-a-sensible-step-by-the-modi-government/articleshow/57893415.cms">objective altogether</a>. Aadhar card has your iris and finger print stored in a central database. Given the not-so-strong cyber security laws in the country, you often think how safe your banking transactions are; given the fact even your telecom operator store has your Aadhar number. But then someone would just poke their nose into your business and inform that even the <keyword id="6355055" type="COUNTRY" weightage="100" keywordseo="USA">USA</keyword> has <keyword id="6379493" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Social-Security">social security</keyword> number to keep a count on the citizens. That’s it! You need to step out in war footing and make this person understand how India’s Aadhar cannot be compared to the USA’s Social Security Number. 
 
Here’s why: 
 
Structural difference between Aadhar and SSN 
You know about Aadhar card very well. But what about the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-why-linking-aadhar-to-all-servicesisnt-much-of-a-sensible-step-by-the-modi-government/articleshow/57893415.cms">USA’s Social Security Number or SSN</a>? In 1936, SSN was a 9-digit number that was used by the government to track ac citizen’s income and ensure the social benefit on the basis of the same. That’s quite much like Aadhar of ours. Gradually more government agencies and incorporates started storing the records of SSN. In 1961, just like Aadhar, the <keyword id="6555575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Internal-Revenue-Service">Internal Revenue Service</keyword> of USA started using SSN for identifying taxpayers. 
 Until then, there was no legal framework that would prevent any credit card company to judge a person basis their SSN. However in 1977, under <keyword id="6459158" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="jimmy-carter">Jimmy Carter</keyword>, the 39th President of the <keyword id="6356955" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="united-states">United States</keyword>, it was decied that SSN cannot be used as an identification document. Rather, it should only be used as a legal permit to work. 
 On the Social Security website of the USA government, under the <keyword id="4374443" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="social-security-testimony-before-congress">Social Security Testimony Before Congress</keyword>, it is clearly mentioned: “The card was never intended to serve as a personal identification document – that is, it does not establish that the person presenting the card is actually the person whose name and SSN appear on the card.” 
 
Now contrast this with our Aadhar, which is a single digital identity number and you will find that any government and private bodies may use the same as a identity card to authenticate you as an Indian citizen. Also, anyone who has stayed in India for 182 days can apply for enrolling oneself for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-why-linking-aadhar-to-all-servicesisnt-much-of-a-sensible-step-by-the-modi-government/articleshow/57893415.cms">Aadhar card</a>. However SSN is only given to the US citizens who have permit to work in the country. 
 
The process of registering people on Aadhar was executed through private enterprises known as enrollers who operated freely without any government supervision at the field level. The qualifications needed to become an enrolment agency were quite low and nobody was from a recognized name. 
 
Your biological data is stored in Aadhar 
In Aadhar, from finger print to iris, everything is stored. However in SSN, the US government didn’t collect finger prints. To support their logic, the Social Security website reads: “The use of fingerprints was associated in the public mind with criminal activity, making this approach undesirable.” SSN doesn’t even contain any photograph for that matter. In 2007, there were talks to include these details to act against terrorism, but the country who have experienced terrorist attacks in its worst form and often behave cynical on this matter actually went against it. 
 
“A biometric identifier, such as a fingerprint, can be an effective and highly accurate way to establish the identity of an individual, but it can also facilitate a much higher degree of tracking and profiling than would be appropriate for many transactions,” said Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center a research organisation, while the hearing on the Use and Misuse of the Social Security Number before the Subcommittee on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-why-linking-aadhar-to-all-servicesisnt-much-of-a-sensible-step-by-the-modi-government/articleshow/57893415.cms">Social Security Committee </a>on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives. 
“The problems that will arise when biometric identifiers are compromised are severe. What will happen at the point that your biometric identifiers no longer identify you?” he added. 
 
Aadhar is linked to central database 
However SSN is never seeded. “Department of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-why-linking-aadhar-to-all-servicesisnt-much-of-a-sensible-step-by-the-modi-government/articleshow/57893415.cms">Homeland Security program</a>s shall not collect or use an SSN as a unique identifier; rather, programs shall create their own unique identifiers to identify or link information concerning an individual,” reads the Privacy Policy Guidance Memorandum of the Homeland Security in the USA. 
 
SSN cannot be used openly by private companies 
 
SSN is required by private businesses on two cases: 
 (1) you are involved in a transaction in which the Internal Revenue Service requires notification, or (2) you are engaged in a financial transaction subject to federal <keyword id="4374444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="customer-identification-program">Customer Identification Program</keyword> rules. 
 
However for Aadhar, even the mobile store that operates from a small kiosk would ask you to authorise for a sim card or the travel agent booking your railway tickets or the bank agent insisting you for a credit card.

For
God’s sake stop comparing India's Aadhar with USA's Social Security Number

Following the culmination of a four-month-long hearing in the Supreme Court last month, it seems that the Indian government is acting on the <keyword id="6355135" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Privacy">privacy</keyword> concerns related to the <keyword id="144117" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="AADHAAR">Aadhaar</keyword> biometric identification programme. Starting July 1st, Indians won’t be required to surrender their 12-digit Aadhaar ID to telecom operators as part of the know-your-customer (KYC) norms when purchasing a new <keyword id="6427652" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="sim">SIM</keyword> card. Instead, according to a directive issued yesterday by India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Indians can submit a temporary 16-digit virtual ID to authenticate their details. The DoT has given telecom operators until the end of the month to adjust their systems to comply with the new norms. Furthermore, during the authentication process, they will not be allowed to store the Aadhar or virtual ID information of their customers in any of their systems or databases. The ruling has been received favourably so far. Rajan S Mathews, the Director General of the Cellular Operators Association of India, stated, “We believe that this step will provide convenience and confidence to the subscribers to get an authentic verification conducted without having the fear of giving their Aadhaar number”. A temporary ID On April 2nd, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced the launch of the Virtual ID programme, tweeting <a href="https://resident.uidai.gov.in/web/resident/vidgeneration">a link </a>to a page where an Aadhar enrollee can generate the ID. In addition to obtaining a SIM card, the Virtual ID can also be used to open a bank account or receiving government handouts. <div type="javascript" title="Custom"><cdata><![CDATA[


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 The Virtual ID gives people the option of authenticating their identities and complying with KYC requirements without sharing their Aadhaar card information. The 16-digit number is temporarily mapped with the user’s Aadhar number and can be regenerated a number of times. The UIDAI’s goal was to prevent the Aadhar details of enrollees being leaked and misused by offering a temporary ID as a substitute. The Supreme Court is still deliberating on whether it should be mandatory to link Aadhar information with <keyword id="6354485" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mobile">mobile</keyword> subscriptions, bank accounts and a number of other services. If the Virtual ID scheme is implemented successfully, it could pave the way for a decision in favour of the Aadhaar programme.

You no longer need to hand over your Aadhaar number to get a mobile connection

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<ul><li><keyword id="3019100" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="digiyatra" source="Orion">DigiYatra</keyword> aims to create a common management system with digital identities. </li><li>In the first phase, the application is operational for passengers traveling through Delhi International <keyword id="6355752" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="airport" source="Orion">Airport</keyword> and Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport. </li><li>The app is currently available on Google PlayStore only. </li></ul>Delhi International Airport Ltd and Bengaluru's International Airport are India's first two selected airports to introduce a recently launched DigiYatra application. Based on <keyword id="30939" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="facial-recognition" source="Orion">Facial Recognition</keyword> Technology, the application is a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience system. This application is said to make the entry, security checks, and boarding process paperless, quick, and uncomplicated. Passengers traveling from Terminal 3 of Delhi airport can download the DigitYatra application and register to speed up their check-in time. At Bangalore International Airport, the service is operational for all domestic terminals. Currently, no rollout schedule is announced for other airports, but <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/aviation/story/delhi-airport-launches-beta-version-of-digi-yatra-app-for-android-users-details-here-344679-2022-08-15">reports</a> suggest it will be introduced in Pune, Vijayawada, Kolkata, Hyderabad and more by March 2023. The app isn’t accessible to iPhone or iOS users as of now, but Android users can install it from the Play Store. However, it’s said to be available for iOS users soon. Delhi International Airport said it's a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience based on Facial Recognition technology. It aims to provide a paperless &amp; seamless travel experience to the passengers. If you are planning to travel from any of these two airports, register with DigiYatra to avail of the benefits. Passengers traveling will be able to enter and pass all the checkpoints with face recognition which will act as proof of identity. This means only the designated person can enter, and no additional identification documents will be required to prevent physical contact. Also, with no physical documents required like a vaccine certificate, identity proof, ticket and more at security check, boarding, and check-in, this new service will reduce wait times and queues. The application will also send real-time notifications and updates. The DigiYatra platform will be a joint platform to monitor and manage flight details. How to register: <ul><li>Download the DigiYatra application from Google PlayStore and App Store(when available).</li><li>Register on the application with your name, mobile number, and email address.</li><li>Enter the Aadhar information as per UIDAI Guidelines.</li><li>Digi Yatra Id will be created, and passengers can use the Id while booking the ticket.</li><li>On first travel, after generating the Id, the passenger will have to go to the registration kiosk at the airport to validate their Id.</li><li>Aadhar verification can be done online, but other identity proofs require manual verification.</li><li>The photo of the passenger will be reflected on the DigiYatra profile. </li></ul>SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/whatsapp-is-working-on-a-login-approval-feature-to-help-prevent-hacking/articleshow/93423168.cms">WhatsApp is working on a ‘login approval’ feature to help prevent hacking – here’s everything you need to know</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ola-s1-electric-scooter-relaunched-at-an-introductory-price-electric-car-teased/slidelist/93583724.cms">Ola S1 electric scooter relaunched at an introductory price, electric car teased</a>

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Last month, details like mobile numbers, addresses, bank account numbers and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/finance/keep-your-aadhaar-number-ready-while-filing-income-tax-return/articleshow/57777330.cms">Aadhaar numbers </a>of more than 100,000 beneficiaries of a welfare scheme were made public by a government department. 
 
The government officials had revealed the information keeping in mind the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/transportation/Now-RTI-appellate-authority-hasasked-PMO-how-the-Prime-Ministers-travel-bills-can-be-a-security-threat/articleshow/55130837.cms">Right to Information </a>Act. However, because of citizen confidentiality, details like name, address and amount could have been sufficient. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Your-Aadhar-card-will-be-replacing-all-your-cashless-transaction-methods-very-soon-heres-how/articleshow/55725532.cms">Your Aadhar card will be replacing all your cashless transaction methods very soon, here’s how</a> 
 
Understanding this gap between public and private information is a tough task, and even though the information has now been taken down, who knows what all information has reached the hands of harmful elements. 
 
While on one hand the government is pushing for digitisation, many departments have forgotten to undertake measures for digital security. This is worrying even more when biometric details like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/finance/fingerprint-enabled-aadhaar-pay-may-soon-become-a-reality-in-rural-areas/articleshow/56730245.cms">finger prints </a>and iris scans go public, because there is no limit on the misuse of these data. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/UIDAI-CEO-confident-about-BHIM-and-Aadhaar-Pay-says-misuse-not-possible/articleshow/58235536.cms">UIDAI CEO confident about BHIM and Aadhaar Pay, says misuse not possible</a> 
 
With the increasing number of digitally literate Indians using smartphones, adopting measures for digital security has become even more critical. 
 
"When the number of people using technology was small, the service-spend on technology and security correspondingly was very little," Saket Modi, CEO of Lucideus, a digital security services provider firm, told <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/tech/internet/with-digitisation-an-the-forefront-government-departments-need-to-be-cautious-about-digital-security/articleshow/58504211.cms">ET</a>. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/MS-Dhonis-Aadhar-details-leaked-wife-demands-action-from-Ravi-Shankar-Prasad/articleshow/57894793.cms">MS Dhoni's Aadhar details leaked; wife demands action from Ravi Shankar Prasad</a> 
 
Everything changed after the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/topic/demonetisation">demonetisation </a>drive, which led to more and more people using <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/small-business/tech/increasing-competition-whatsapp-may-come-up-with-its-digital-payment-services-in-india/articleshow/58006444.cms">digital payment interfaces</a>. Banks thus increased their budgets-and cyber-security investments, but that doesn’t necessarily mean improvement in data security practices. 
 
Attention to security has never been a priority for the government, but it has started to worry people only now, after they have been forced to go digital. 
 
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The Indian government’s <keyword id="144117" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="AADHAAR">Aadhaar</keyword> identification initiative has now reached a new milestone. As of July 2018, almost eight years after the first Aadhaar card was issued (in September 2010), the total number of enrollees in the programme has crossed 1.21 billion, according to the Unique Identification Authority of India (<keyword id="6355252" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="uidai">UIDAI</keyword>). According to the 2011 Census, this is what India’s population was at the time. According to official projections from the UIDAI, nearly 92% of India’s current population now has an Aadhar card. The data suggests that Indian residents who are still without Aadhaar cards are mostly children. Only 350,000 adults are estimated to be outside the Aadhar net, something that the UIDAI is looking to correct by ramping up its operations in lesser-connected parts of the country. like the Northeastern states. Once it onboards every adult, the government will start focusing on getting children enrolled in the programme. Fastest to one billion The Aadhar programme crossed one billion enrollments in April 2016, which reportedly made it the fastest digital programme to the world to reach that kind of scale. This is largely because of the fact that the government had made it mandatory to register for an Aadhaar card in order to benefit from public welfare schemes. It also made it mandatory to link one’s Aadhar number with one’s PAN card, mobile phone and bank account, imposing a number of deadlines to do so in the process. The programme’s image has been dented over concerns related to the the security of enrollees info and <keyword id="6355135" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Privacy">privacy</keyword> issues. In fact, the Supreme Court ruled in March that it would not longer be mandatory to link one’s Aadhaar number with a phone number and bank account, extending the deadline indefinitely. To further address privacy issues, the UIDAI recently implemented a Virtual ID scheme wherein a 16-digital temporary number is issued to people so they can authenticate their information. Currently, around <a href="https://www.uidai.gov.in/images/news/Around-10lakh-people-enrol-update-Aadhaar-everyday-UIDAI-The-Economic-Times.pdf">10 million people </a>enroll themselves in the programme or update their details every day. Furthermore, close to 13,000 Aadhaar enrollment centres have been established in India in conjunction with the country’s postal service, as compared to an envisioned figure of 14,200.

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