APAAR digital student ID issued to more than 65% of students in Maharashtra
The government of India’s Maharashtra state has issued 16,500,000 students with the country’s Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) digital ID, according to a report in Indian Express....
View ArticleSoutheast Asia’s biggest economy highlights India as DPI leader
The largest country in Southeast Asia and the most populous, with the region’s biggest economy, Indonesia has serious ambitions when it comes to digital public infrastructure and transformation,...
View ArticleInternal govt coordination can help meet birth registration target in Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region where the biggest improvements must be made to meet the UN’s birth registration goals, but UNICEF’s latest report also points to Oceania and South Asia as regions...
View ArticleGrowing use of advocacy for facial recognition to identify deceased
India is considering the use of facial recognition to identify deceased persons and unidentified “found persons.” The proposal was put forward by the country’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah while...
View ArticleDraft Indian data protection rules set vague age assurance, consent requirements
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) wants to require consent for personal data processing and age assurance for social media with draft rules to operationalize its data...
View ArticleSri Lanka advised to build necessary safeguards as digital ID project begins...
The Sri Lankan government has been told that it must put in place certain safeguards in order to guarantee full sovereign control over its Unique Digital Identity project (SL-UID) ID which is expected...
View ArticleIndia targets 110M digital farmer IDs as AgriStack’s importance grows
From 2025, farmers in India will be required to have a farmer ID to receive government benefits. The digital identity program is a significant part of the government’s efforts to digitize its...
View ArticleCaribbean countries look to India for digital public infrastructure solutions
India has been pitching its solutions for digital public infrastructure (DPI) across the Caribbean region. But aside from the technology, the country also may have lessons in building legal systems...
View ArticleL1 biometric device certification now mandatory for Aadhaar authentication
India has transitioned to more secure biometric authentication devices, with the requirement for only registered devices certified to the Level 1 standard set by the Unique Identification Authority of...
View ArticleBiometric authentication required for SIM card registration in India and...
Following a spike in mobile telecommunications fraud and other related crimes, the government of India has directed that all new SIM card connections must henceforth be mandatorily activated with...
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