1 crore fine and jail term for staff of a company insists on Aadhaar as the only ID Proof

Banks and telephone companies that insist on Aadhaar Card as an identity proof for getting a new mobile connection or opening an account, while discarding any other proof such as ration card, passport, will now be liable for a penalty of 1 crore Indian National Rupee along with jail to the staff members which may range from 3 to 10 years.

These are the penalties for the violations that have been proposed as a part of the amendments cleared by the Union Cabinet on Monday. These amendments also extend an option to the Aadhaar card holders to use the unique ID as a means to complete their KYC formalities. As per the inside sources, all the amendments made to the Indian Telegraph Act and PMLA are done keeping the latest order of the Supreme Court in mind pertaining to Aadhaar. As per the latest orders, an Aadhaar ID is only compulsory for welfare services involving public funds.

The amendments further demand that the entities the authentication performing companies should comply with all the privacy standards and keep the laws passed by the Parliament in mind. For any exception, it should be mandatory to the move be in the “state interest” as prescribed by the Centre.

“Aadhaar is a platform that promotes good governance. The amendments protect security and privacy. They set out rules for consent in case of minor and opt-out option at age 18. There are strict punishments for any attempt to tamper with core biometrics,” a source told news agency.

Although the entire Aadhaar data is kept preserved and there aren’t chances for any breach, in case an authentication agency tried to breach, it will be charged Rs. 50 lakh of penalty and a jail term extending to 10 years.

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I love watching wedding pictures on Instagram, says Katrina Kaif

What started with the celeb wedding of Anushka Sharma & Virat Kohli last year, was continued to perfection by other celeb weddings in the Tinsel town. Year 2018 saw some great celebs wedding including Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra & Nick Jonas. It was Katrina Kaif who took a deep discussion with a leading newspaper and told that she was the last person to leave these wedding reception parties.

She said that she is obsessed with wedding pictures and love tracking them on the Instagram. She told the reporters, Luckily on Instagram you have a feed right, so it comes automatically. With our schedules, it's hard to always do that and I think it's important for my mind to not constantly go somewhere else. It's important for me to be where I am working right now. But often always I got to see it. Also, my team's with me, so they'll show me, "Oh, look look, yeh abhi aaya", be it wedding or sangeet. So, they'll come and show me, because I think everyone loves to see a moment and wedding is one of those special moments which come in your life and it's a big deal, you know. And it looks beautful, you feel a little sentimental at those moments. 

They've all had such beautiful weddings. I feel very happy for all of them. They are all my colleagues from Anushka's wedding to Sonam's wedding which was....very beautiful. And Deepika and Ranveer's wedding now and Priyanka and Nick's... so there has been four big weddings in almost less than a year right? Wow, it's quite amazing actually if you see (laughs). But, they all look beautiful and I feel happy for all of them. 

Completely mesmerized by the picture on the social media platforms, she further added:

You do feel a little sentimental. I think as human beings we all want to feel loved and we all want to be loved and a wedding is always a reminder of romanticism and that wonderful feeling that you have when you are in love.