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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicAadhaar Amendment Bill

Topic: Aadhaar Amendment Bill

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply on plea against use of Aadhaar data by private companies

The Supreme Court is hearing a plea against amendments to the law allowing voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity to open bank accounts and get mobile phone connections.

Parliament passes Aadhaar Bill, makes it voluntary for new bank accounts & mobile connections

Rajya Sabha passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which includes a Rs 1 crore penalty and jail term for violating provisions on Aadhaar data.

What the Aadhaar Amendment Bill fails to address

Although on-point in certain aspects, the Aadhaar Bill is an underwhelming effort at reforming the structure of the programme.

On Camera

Young India’s cultural assertion isn’t conservatism—it’s course correction

Indian Gen Z is assertive because boomers and millennials were docile and apologetic. We are Indian, and we are proud.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.