Tag: Aadhaar
Bill Gates says he is a fan of Aadhaar, claims it doesn’t harm privacy
Gates revealed that his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding several Aadhaar-like projects for the World Bank
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PM Modi pushes to link more welfare schemes with Aadhaar, use data for better planning
In a meeting, PM Modi also asked departmental secretaries to look into creating a task force for better data governance, citing an example of...
World Economic Forum Lauds India’s Biometric Digital ID System Tied To Digital Payments
The World Economic Forum is lauding India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for revolutionizing digital payments and cited that it has saved the Indian economy approximately $67...
Indian citizens that don’t link account numbers to Digital ID will soon face financial blacklisting
December 13, 2022: Forcing the uptake of digital ID.
India’s income tax administration has warned citizens that they should link their Permanent Account Numbers (PANs)...
What is MOSIP’s role in digital public infrastructure? Gates Foundation explains
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest charitable organizations, has published a primer on MOSIP (Modular Open-Source Identification Platform), summarizing the project’s achievements and...
Union health minister’s one-size-fits-all ploy: One world, one health… and one gender?
By Dr. (Prof) Amitav Banerjee, Epidemiologist
Universal Health Organisation (UHO), Chairman
Postdoctoral in epidemiology, who was a field epidemiologist for over two decades in the Indian...