"The confidentiality is to be maintained by the agencies only for the purpose of ensuring that the details of the individuals are not revealed to a third party. The entire contract need not be kept a secret and there is nothing inappropriate in disclosing of the agreements more so when the recent trend is to encourage public participation in such ventures," Justice Subramonium Prasad said.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide under the RTI Act a copy of its agreements with external organisations for handling grievances on its behalf.
“The software update is happening and should be completed very soon. Once it gets implemented across all biometric devices, it will be easier to reduce fraudulent biometric based-transactions,” a senior banker told ET.