The central government has given permission to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to conduct Aadhaar-based authentication to verify the identity of candidates on a voluntary basis. This will be done both at the time of registration and during various stages of examinations and recruitment.
Issuing a notification, the Personnel Ministry said the commission is “authorised to conduct Aadhaar authentication, on a voluntary basis, for verifying the identity of candidates at the time of registration on the ‘Single Registration’ portal and at various stages of recruitment examination/test, using Yes/No or/and e-KYC authentication facility,” PTI reported.
While doing so, Public Service Commission of the Union You must comply with all the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Subsidies, Benefits and Financial and Other Services) Act, 2016 and the rules and regulations made thereunder. You must also take into account the instructions issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
UIDAI issues Aadhaar, a 12-digit number, to all eligible citizens in the country based on biometric and demographic data.
The case of Puja Khedkar
Last month, the UPSC has cancelled Puja Khedkar’s provisional candidature. He has also been barred from all future examinations after it was discovered that he had made fraudulent attempts in the civil service examination beyond the eligibility limit.
Apart from this, Khedkar was also accused of misusing disability and other backward classes or OBC (non-creamy layer) quotas. In July, the commission initiated a series of actions against the former IAS trainee. These included registering a forgery case against her after she was found making attempts in the civil services exam by forging her identity. Later, the Delhi Police registered a case against her and started investigating the matter.
During her training period in Pune, Khedkar was accused of abuse of power and privilege. She was provisionally allotted the Indian Administrative Service in the class of 2023 of the Maharashtra cadre.
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On Friday (August 23), Khedkar urged the Delhi High Court to disregard seven of the 12 recognised attempts he made to clear the civil services exam, NDTV reported.
In his complaint for physical disability, he said he has a certificate from a Maharashtra hospital which diagnosed him with an “old anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear with instability in the left knee.” He, therefore, urged the court to count only those attempts under the “divyang” (disabled) category.
Khekar has claimed 47% disability against the 40% parameter set by the government, the report added.
Other key measures taken by UPSC
The commission, in June this year, decided to use CCTV surveillance systems based on facial recognition and artificial intelligence to check cheating and impersonation in several tests conducted by it.
It has also invited bids from experienced public sector companies to design plans for two technology solutions – Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication (also called digital fingerprint capture) and facial recognition of candidates and QR code scanning of e-admit cards and AI-based live CCTV surveillance service, PTI reported.
Every year, UPSC conducts a total of 14 major exams including the super competitive Civil Services Exam.
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