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New Delhi: Retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued its latest circular easing the process of Aadhaar seeding, UAN correction, claim settlement among other provisions. In its circular released on 13 August 2025 EPFO said that in all cases where the Name, Gender and Date of Birth as available in the UAN matches exactly with those in Aadhaar, then the member can approach his/her Employer, who can seed Aadhaar with the UAN of the Member through KҮС functionality available in the Employer Portal. No separate approval as such is required from EPFO. In order to facilitate members who are yet to seed/verify Aadhaar or need to correct the Aadhaar in their UAN, the existing Joint Declaration functionality has further been simplified as under:- In case of mismatch in any of the fields of Name, Gender and Date of Birth, between UAN as well as Aadhaar for the members, the Employer can file the request for rectification of the above fields through the Joint Declaration(JD) Functionality. For correction of Aadhaar, i.e., cases where a wrong Aadhaar has been erroneously linked with the UAN, the Employer can now enter the correct Aadhaar in online Joint Declaration(JD) Functionality and forward to the RO concerned for approval. In case the Employer is not available or the Establishment is closed, the Member can still file a physical JD in the format at Annexure I duly attested by any one of the authorities authorized to attest the claim vide Para 10.18 of the MAP Part II-A and submit to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) Counter in the concerned Regional Office with due acknowledgement. The PRO after due verification shall enter the details in the JD functionality and submit the request for further processing by the office. All such requests which involve seeding or correcting Aadhaar in the JD functionality shall be carefully examined and will require approval at the level of APFC. While approving the same, the APFC shall satisfy himself after due verification of the case that the request is genuine. Requests for changes in already Aadhaar verified cases should not be allowed.
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Fintech companies should go beyond urban markets and play a role in driving financial inclusion across the country by developing offline payment systems, voice-authorised tools, improving connectivity as well as cross-border payment capabilities, enhancing cybersecurity and integrating AI and better app safety for user convenience, a top official said on Monday."Fintech will drive financial inclusion, which in turn is a key driver of growth and poverty alleviation," M Nagaraju, secretary of department of financial services, told a fintech summit. He highlighted role of India's Digit ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) A total of Rs 30.52 crore stuck in over seven lakh inoperative accounts of the retirement fund body EPFO will soon be returned to the account holders or their legal heirs, a labour ministry source said on Monday. The Ministry of Labour & Employment, in a review meeting, decided to settle 7.11 lakh inoperative accounts of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), each having a balance of up to Rs 1,000, the source said. The provident fund account, which has not received any contribution either from the employee or from the employer in more than 36 months, is r ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: As Ghatshila gears up for the Assembly by-election scheduled on November 11, 2025, the District Election Office has reminded voters that they can cast their votes even if they do not possess their Voter Photo Identity Card (EPIC) on polling day. To ensure that no eligible voter is deprived of their democratic right, the Election Commission has allowed the use of 12 alternative photo-bearing identity documents for identification at polling stations. According to official instructions, voters can establish their identity using any one of the following documents: Passport, Driving Li ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Power has announced the launch of a task force to conceive the India Energy Stack, a pioneering initiative aimed at creating a unified, secure, and interoperable digital infrastructure for the country's energy sector. The India Energy Stack will play a vital role in integrating renewable energy, enhancing DISCOM efficiency, and delivering transparent, reliable, and future-ready power services, the official statement said. As India charts its path to becoming a $5 trillion economy and advances towards its Net Zero commitments, the power sect ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Following the Union Cabinet's approval of the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, former secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Sumita Dawra, said that the scheme is expected to generate over 3.5 crore jobs. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector. Speaking to ANI about the scheme, fo ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 700 policy makers, startups and industry leaders came together for the 'Aadhaar Samvaad' here on Monday to share ideas to further enhance service delivery using the unique digital ID, an official said. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had conducted the day-long stakeholders conference with ecosystem partners, the official said. Addressing the stakeholders, S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), underlined how Aadhaar, as the foundational layer of India's Digital Public Infrastructure, has ...Read More >
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will start from Mandir Shri Banke Bihari Ji in Paharganj's Sangatrasan Bazar and pass through Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Chuna Mandi, Main Bazar, Munja Chowk and Arakashan Road. The Tazia procession will start from Ajmeri Gate and proceed through Pul Paharganj ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra shared a brief overview of India Digital Public Platform (DPP) ecosystem on the side-lines of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. According to an official statement by RBI, a High-Level Dialogue on Forging Economic Resilience through Digital Public Platforms was organised by the Reserve Bank of India on October 14, 2025, during the Annual Meetings. The dialogue aimed to share India experiences, learnings, and explore opportunities for internati ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday announced the provisional attachment of assets worth approximately ₹131.45 crore in Spain, including a luxury yacht and immovable properties, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). These assets belong to Pavel Prozorov, a Spanish national and the alleged mastermind behind the unauthorised forex trading platform OctaFX. The attached assets comprise a commercial Italian-model luxury yacht cruising in the Western Mediterranean, a minijet boat, a luxury car, and two residential properties in Spain. The ED's probe was launched ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Following the Union Cabinet's approval of the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, former secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Sumita Dawra, said that the scheme is expected to generate over 3.5 crore jobs. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector. Speaking to ANI about the scheme, fo ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector. Under the Scheme, while the first-time employees will get one month's wage (up to Rs 15,000), the employers will be given incentives for a period to two years for generating additional employment, with extended benefits for another two years for the manufacturing sector. The ELI Scheme was announced in the Union Budget 2024- ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 2 Jul: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday claimed that the frontier state holds the distinction of being India's largest carbon sink, an ecological powerhouse playing a pivotal role in combating climate change and aiding the country's march toward net-zero emissions. In a social media post as part of his administration's 'Pema 3.0 - Year of Ref-orms and Growth' campaign, Khandu highlighted that Arunachal Pradesh contributes a remarkable 14.38 percent to India's total carbon sequestration. With an impressive 79 percent forest cover, the state currently boasts a carbon stock of ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Following the Union Cabinet's approval of the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, former secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Sumita Dawra, said that the scheme is expected to generate over 3.5 crore jobs. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to support employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector. Also Read | India Developing Its Own ...Read More >
Guwahati, July 2: India's digital growth is among the fastest in the world and the aim is to make India the leader of the digital world, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a statement sent by the PMO to The Assam Tribune, Modi said that in 2014, India had around 25 crore internet connections. Today, that number has grown to over 97 crore. Over 42 lakh km of optical fibre cable (OFC), which is equivalent to 11 times the distance between earth and the moon, now connects even the most remote villages. Modi revealed that India's 5G rollout is among the fastest in the world, with 4.81 lakh bas ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], August 14: Ellenox, India's largest venture studio, is accelerating its global push in enterprise AI development. In the past year, the company has grown its headcount by 50% over the last year, bringing in senior AI talent from Amazon and Google to power its next phase of expansion. Already delivering AI transformation for Fortune 50 leaders in fintech, cloud computing, consumer social, and sports-tech, Ellenox has built systems that replace costly call centers with natural-voice AI agents and deployed end-to-end social media pipelines capable of scaling global brand ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that the country has made several achievements in the digital payments system, led by collective efforts of all citizens. 'India has made many strides in digital payments, powered by the collective resolve of 140 crore Indians. Sectors like health and education have also benefited from this initiative,' Modi said on social media platform X. The comments come following the completion of a decade of the ambitious Digital India initiative, originally launched on July 1, 2015. 'Ten years ago, Digital India began as an initiative to transform ...Read More >
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India] September 13 (ANI): The Mangaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) has busted a fake document racket linked to bail proceedings and arrested several accused, officials said on Saturday. According to officials, the accused were found using forged Aadhar cards and pahani documents as sureties in court to secure bail for individuals arrested in criminal cases. Acting on a tip-off received on September 9, the CCB launched an investigation and unearthed the racket. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi To Unveil INR 8,500 Crore Projects in Manipur Today; Meet Violence-Hit People, Addr ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 3: In a significant push towards greater transparency and efficiency in public services delivery, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today emphasised upon all the concerned departments to embark on a time-bound ambitious drive to complete Aadhaar seeding for the remaining beneficiaries within the next two months. This critical initiative aims to ensure that the benefits directly reach the deserving, effectively eliminating the role of middlemen. The meeting was attended by the Administrative Secretaries of the concerned departments besides officers from the Finance Department. The ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India has urged parents to update the Aadhaar biometrics of children between five and seven years."Timely completion of mandatory biometric update is an essential requirement for maintaining the accuracy and reliability of biometric data of children. If the MBU is not completed even after seven years of age, the Aadhaar number may be deactivated, as per the existing rules," the agency said in a statement.This is required to ensure seamless access to school admissions, entrance exams and other benefits such as direct benefit transfer, it added.A ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra shared a brief overview of India's Digital Public Platform (DPP) ecosystem on the side-lines of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. According to an official statement by RBI, a "High-Level Dialogue on Forging Economic Resilience through Digital Public Platforms" was organised by the Reserve Bank of India on October 14, 2025, during the Annual Meetings. The dialogue aimed to share India's experiences, learnings, and explore opportunities for int ...Read More >
India is preparing to unveil comprehensive regulations for deepfake technologies, utilizing state-of-the-art tools for effective governance. Simultaneously, the nation is boosting its AI frontier by promoting locally created chipsets and attracting substantial funding from tech behemoths like Google, as it seeks to strike a balance between technological progress and the protection of society. The government is going to bring a regulation on deepfakes soon that will take help of technology for ef ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A portion of the frontal section of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's house in Bholath, Kapurthala, was demolished on Monday by the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO). Khaira, a strong critic of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, condemned the move, calling it the dangerous introduction of "bulldozer (Pila-Panja) politics" in Punjab by Mann under directions from AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, aimed at silencing criticism and democratic dissent. As the demolition began, Khaira went live on social media, criticising the state government. Anticipating the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the country has made several achievements in the digital payments system, led by collective efforts of all citizens. "India has made many strides in digital payments, powered by the collective resolve of 140 crore Indians. Sectors like health and education have also benefited from this initiative," Modi said, on X. The comments come following the completion of a decade of ambitious Digital India initiative, originally launched on July 1, 2015. "Ten years ago, Digital India began as an initiative to transform our nation into a digi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Parents and friends of a Class 10 student who ended his life over alleged mental harassment by some teachers staged a protest outside the St Columba's school on Thursday, demanding strict action against the accused teachers and accountability from the private school. There was no immediate reaction from the school administration to the allegations. The victim student's aunt claimed the family had been unaware of the extent of his suffering. "He was depressed for so long. He kept complaining, but we stayed quiet because he was in Class 10. He even told his school coun ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament which met on Thursday morning to review the functioning of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), based on the CAG Report of 2021. The committee heard a briefing from the Audit team and received oral evidence from officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the UIDAI. PAC Chairman and Congress MP KC Venugopal stated that Aadhaar-related issues directly affect common people and require serious attention, especially those linked to biometric verification. He assured th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched the Scheme for Innovation and Technology Association with Aadhaar (SITAA) to foster innovation and collaboration in the digital identity domain. The initiative aims to strengthen India's ID Tech ecosystem by enabling startups, academia, and industry to work closely with UIDAI. Through SITAA, UIDAI seeks to drive innovation, promote indigenisation, and co-develop advanced and future-ready identit ...Read More >
JAMMU, July 02: With the annual ShriAmarnathJiYatra 2025 set to commence tomorrow, a vibrant spiritual atmosphere prevails at the YatriNiwas Base Camp in Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu, where around 3,500 pilgrims are ready to begin their sacred journey. "All arrangements have been made, and nearly 3,500 pilgrims are currently stationed at the Jammu Base Camp," said Rajesh Raina, a senior officer of the Tourism Department, speaking to Rising Kashmir. Registration counters have been set up inside YatriNiwas, and vehicles from the J&K Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) are on standby to transport the pi ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 02: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister NarendraModi, has approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to promote job creation, enhance employability, and extend social security across all sectors, with a special focus on manufacturing. The scheme, with an outlay of nearly ₹1 lakh crore, aims to generate more than 3.5 crore jobs over the next two years, including 1.92 crore opportunities for first-time job seekers. Under the scheme, first-time employees registered with the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will receive an incentive equivalent to o ...Read More >
MARTOLI, India (AP) -- Dozens of dilapidated stone buildings are what is left of the once-thriving border village of Martoli, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nestled in Johar Valley and surrounded by Himalayan peaks -- the most notable being Nanda Devi, once considered the tallest mountain in the world -- this village had traded sugar, lentils, spices and cloth for salt and wool with Tibetans across the border. The nomadic occupants of several villages spent the winter months in the plains collecting goods to be traded with Tibetans in the summer. But the border was sealed after ...Read More >