Birth certificate to be single document for Aadhaar, admission in education institutes, other sectors from October 1

Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 that allows the use of a birth certificate as a single document for admission to an educational institution, issuance of a driving licence, preparation of voter list, Aadhaar number, registration of marriage, appointment to a government job and for any other purpose […]

Bank accounts of 14.98 crore MNREGA workers not linked with Aadhaar: Kharge attacks Centre

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday attacked the BJP-led centre over the bank accounts of crores of workers under the MNREGA scheme not being linked with Aadhar. Khearge stated that since Aadhar based payment system has been made mandatory, the workers stand the risk of not getting their wages after the deadline of […]

Aadhaar not mandatory for Covid-19 vaccination, 87 lakh people inoculated without IDs

After the Central government told the Supreme Court on Monday that submitting Aadhaar card details is not a mandatory pre-condition on the CO-WIN portal for the COVID-19 vaccination, the top court asked the authorities not to insist on asking people for Aadhaar card for vaccination. While disposing of a PIL claiming some centres insist […]