Author: Sumit Kumar

The Supreme Court, in its judgement on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, has upheld the Government’s decision to linking PAN with Aadhaar. It has also made it mandatory to furnish Aadhaar for filing Income Tax Returns (ITR). The 5-judges constitution bench has also clarified that Aadhaar will continue to be mandatory for availing welfare schemes...

हिंदी में पढ़ें Aadhaar is a project undertaken by the Government of India to provide a verified identity proof to people residing in India. Doing away with the traditional form of document proofs where only demographic data of a person is mentioned in the document, the Government introduced the Aadhaar card that contains biometric data...

UIDAI, the 12-digit Aadhaar issuing authority, provides a number of facilities to empower the government to carry out tasks of the service delivery system efficiently and without much delay. Aadhaar-enabled Payment System is one such system through which bank account holders can withdraw, deposit and transfer funds from their bank accounts with the help of…

Does your child have an identity proof of his own? Does he still rely on you for identification? If yes, time has come for you to gift your child the identity of his own. UIDAI has come up with special Aadhaar cards for children below 5 years of age. These Aadhaar cards, popularly known as...

The Union Budget 2019-2020 presented by the Finance Minister had something for everyone, be it private sector employees, women, retailers and shopkeepers, farmers or entrepreneurs. The budget made way for several provisions that improve the ease of living for citizens. Many of those revolved around Aadhaar. UIDAI, the Aadhaar issuing authority, has already generated more...

Mutual fund is one of the most fruitful investment options today. You can either invest one time or pay on a monthly basis. When invested judiciously, you can reap huge benefits both in long as well as short terms. Mutual funds pose less risk than stock market but may give returns as high as 40%....

Aadhaar has been in the news for a number of reasons in the past couple of years. The government has been pushing for linking various schemes with Aadhaar whereas a number of parties claim that without proper amendments in the current law, Aadhaar can easily be used by the government for surveillance and it can...