Adhar
Card Act 2016: All You Need To Know
INTRODUCTION
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Aadhar card is given
to every citizen of India
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It enables as identity
proof of the individual
AADHAR
CARD DETAILS
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Aadhar number holder
means an individual who has been issued an Aadhar number under this act
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Authentication means
the process by which the Aadhar number along with demographic information or
biometric information of an individual is submitted to the Central Identities
Data Repository
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Authority is given to
the Unique Identification Authority of India
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The biometric
information submitted are photograph, finger print, Iris scan
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The enrolment process
is given to enrolling agency to collect demographic and biometric information
of individuals
ENROLLMENT
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Every Indian shall be
entitled to obtain an Aadhar number submitting his demographic information and
biometric information by undergoing the process of enrolment
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An Aadhar number
,issued to an individual shall not be re-assigned to any other individual
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An Aadhar number
should be a random number and should not bear no relation to the attributes or
identity of the Aadhar number holder
UNIQUE
IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA
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The central government
established an Authority to be known as the Unique Identification Authority of
India to be responsible for the processes of enrolment and authentication and
perform such other functions assigned to it under this act.
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The head office of the
authority is in New Delhi
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The Authority may with
prior approval of the central government, establish its offices at other places
in India.
GRANTS,
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT AND ANNUAL REPORT
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The Central Government
after due law passed in the parliament grant a sum of money to be utilised for
the purpose of this act
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The fees or revenue
collected by the authority shall be credited to the Consolidated fund of
India
PROTECTION
OF INFORMATION
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The authority shall
ensure the security of identity information and authentication records of
individuals
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The authority shall
take all necessary measures to ensure that the information in the procession or
control of the authority, including information stored in the central
Identities Data Repository, is secured and protected against access, use or
disclosure not permitted under this act or regulations made under.
OFFENSES
AND PENALTIES
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Whoever impersonates
or tries to impersonate other persons, whether dead or alive, real or imaginary
by providing any false demographic information or biometric information shall
be punishable for imprisonment for a term which shall be extended to three
years
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Whoever with intention
of causing harm or mischief to an Aadhar number holder shall also be punishable
for imprisonment for a term which shall be extended to three years
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If an offence is
committed for which no penalty is specified , the person concerned shall be
punished with imprisonment up to 1 year or fine up to Rs 25000 or Rs 1 lakh or
both
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The Aadhar act is the
key to the ambitious financial inclusion programme of the government. The act
empowers Aadhar with legal backing for the purpose of transferring subsidies
and other welfare services to beneficiaries through designated bank
accounts.
Banks can also use Aadhar number as identity proof, which will
help them weed out fake Jan Dan accounts.
Criteria
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2016
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2010
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ELIGIBILITY
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Any person resided in India for 182 days is entitled to have
Aadhar
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Any person residing in India is entitled for Aadhar
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IDENTIFICATION
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Any private or public organisation can use Aadhar number for
verification of individual’s identity
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No such provision
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MAINTENANCE OF DATA BY UIDAI
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The identity of information to be maintained is not clearly
maintained
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The kinds of biometric information and a mention of photograph
was not specified
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CONSTRAINTS ON INFORMATION SHARING
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Biometric information of individuals cannot be given , except
for regulatory purposes
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No such Provision
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ALL THE BEST
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