SC slaps Aadhar card

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Flight tickets to be the thing of the past! Check-in at airports may just require Aadhaar number, biometrics

In a bid to make air travel a smoother experience for travelers, civil aviation ministry is trying to do away with the need of various identity cards and flight tickets. So if you are a frequent domestic traveller, expect an express check-in at airport terminals, without carrying endless ID cards. The biometrics like fingerprint and iris will prove your identity. According to The Times of India report, the civil aviation ministry, under its 'digi yatra programme' is in the process of linking the databases of airlines and airports with passenger IDs such as Aadhaar and passport numbers.

"We have set up a special unit in Airports Authority of India for giving shape to this 'digi yatra' programme. Airport operators, especially from Bangalore and Hyderabad, are part of this as they have done a lot of work in this field. We will soon know the indicative cost of the project and time frame in which it can be implemented," aviation secretary R N Choubey Choubey informed Times of India (TOI)

The linked airline database will also do way with the need for a flight ticket or e-ticket. Moreover, it will help authorities know if the passenger has passed all security check gates before allowing him access to the boarding gate before flight departure.

"Airlines will also be able to know the last level the missing flyer was at in case he does not report for boarding in time," Choubey said.

By providing biometrics at each stage of airport process will also eliminate the requirement of stamping "security checked' on boarding cards.

Earlier this year, the decade-old practice of stamping hand baggage was done way with at seven airports after Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) conducted successful trial. The process was later expanded to ten more airports in the country. At present, 17 airports are stamp-free in the country.

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Bengaluru airport to become India’s first fully Aadhaar-enabled by 2018

BENGALURU: After a two-month pilot project in February, theBangalore International Airport Limited(BIAL) has given push to its plan to makeKempegowda International Airport(KIA) the country's first airport to have completeAadhaar-enabled entryand biometric boarding system.

According to the Request For Proposal (RFP) issued by BIAL, the airport is expected to be completely Aadhaar-enabled by December 2018, and the initiative is in line with its endeavours to become a Smart Airport—a digitized, seamlessly connected and intuitive one.


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Supreme Court refuses interim stay on linking Aadhaar to bank a/c, mobile nos; leaves it for Constitution bench to decide

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court) on Friday refused to pass an interim order staying the linking of Aadhaar with mobile numbers and bank accounts, saying that it is leaving the issue to be decided on by a Constitution bench in the last week of November.

At the same time though, the top court chastised banks and mobile telephone companies for creating panic by sending customers messages saying their accounts will be deactivated if they don't link them to Aadhaar.

The Centre denied that such messages were being sent.

"I don't want to say in the presence of media people, but I also get (these) messages," said Justice AK Sikri, referring to the sometimes umpteen-a-day text messages threatening deactivation for not linking one's Aadhaar to one's bank account and mobile phone number.

The top court asked these institutions to avoid scaring people in this manner, while it was hearing a plea from social activists to restrain the Centre from linking Aadhaar to bank accounts and mobile phone numbers until a Constitution bench decides its validity.

Such a bench is expected to soon hear a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of Aadhaar on the ground that it violated citizens' right to privacy.


The SC on Friday also asked the Centre to direct companies to mention in their text messages, the last date for linking their mobile numbers and bank accounts with Aadhaar.


This statement from the SC came a day after the Centre told the apex court that all subscribers had to link their mobile phone numbers with Aadhaar by February 6 under E-KYC verification. The Centre also said on Thursday that showing proof of Aadhaar is mandatory for opening new bank accounts.


The Centre further said on Thursday that it was the SC that had approved the norm for mandatory Aadhaar-mobile phone linkage - with a window of one year - in the Lokniti Foundation case on February 6.


Earlier this week, while hearing a separate petition challenging the mandatory linking of mobile phones with Aadhaar, a two-judge bench of the SC had sought the government's response on the question in four weeks.


https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...tion-bench-to-decide/articleshow/61484375.cms


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1,216.8 crore authentications: Govt swamps SC with UID data

NEW DELHI: Bombarding the Supreme Court with statistics to convince it about ease of doing day-to-day activities with Aadhaar, the Centre said 118.64 crore Indians, which is 88% of the population, had obtainedAadhaarand they used it 1,216.8 crore times for authentication purposes.

"As of today, the total number of Aadhaar-based authentication is 12,168,022,172. Therefore, the Indian population has used Aadhaar-based authentication over 1,216 crore times to authenticate their identities and avail benefits and services under the Aadhaar Act and/or other laws," the Centre said in its affidavit filed through advocate Zoheb Hossain.

Challenging the petitioners' constant complaint that linking of biometrics collected through Aadhaar to banking and other services was a violation of right to privacy, the Centre said over 12.64 crore bank accounts were opened using Aadhaar-based e-KYC. "Over 54.25 crore bank accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar as of October 15. Of the newly-opened 30.54 crore Jan Dhan accounts, over 18.97 crore accounts have used Aadhaar," it said.

The country's biggest employment mechanism for daily wagers under MGNREGA too saw a surge in use of Aadhaar, according to statistics provided by the Centre. "Over 9.54 crore active MGNREGA workers of the existing database of 10.93 crore active workers have seeded their Aadhaar numbers and are receiving their daily wages directly in their bank accounts," it said.

"Of a total 2.83 crore pensioners, 1.48 crore have linked Aadhaar to receive pension directly in bank accounts. Over 1.36 crore residents got passport based on Aadhaar authentication. Over 50 crore SIM cards have been issued using Aadhaar e-KYC service. All these are empirical evidence of the working of Aadhaar and is proof of a robust system of financial inclusion and reliability, which gives confidence to people to adopt the system and use it on a large scale," the Centre said.

It added that the petitioners had failed to consider that "total recorded savings to the government of India from just one scheme — direct benefit transfer — on account of Aadhaar was Rs 57,029 crore in three years, 2014 to 2017. "Therefore, there is a clear public interest in ensuring that various benefits, subsidies and services being offered by the government should reach intended beneficiaries and not to fakes and duplicates, which proliferate the system leading to loss of crores of rupees of public money," the Centre said.


The government said linking of Aadhaar with PAN had helped in ensuring "one PAN to one person". "As many as 11.35 lakh cases of duplicate and fraudulent PAN have been detected and accordingly such PANs have been deleted/deactivated. Out of this, around 10.52 lakh cases pertain to individual cases," the Centre said.


"Fake PANs have facilitated enormous growth of shell companies, which were being used for layering of funds and illegal transfer of such funds to other companies/persons or parked abroad in the guise of remittances against import. The share capital of these shell companies are subscribed by fake shareholders through numerous bank accounts with use of fake PAN cards at the initial stage," it said.


The Centre said use of biometrics for establishing identity was not a new phenomenon brought in by Aadhaar.


"Several authorities — for issuance of passport, road transport for driving licences and for property registrations — require biometrics, including fingerprints for issuing relevant documents for verification of identity. For instance, Section 32A of Registration Act mandatorily requires photograph and fingerprints of each buyer and seller where document relates to transfer of ownership of immovable property," it said.

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