Proposal was sent to IT ministry in Nov 2025 to preinstall Aadhaar app on mobile phones; stakeholder consultations going on, ...

By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI, March 19 (Reuters) - India's government privately proposed in January that firms like Apple, Samsung and Google consider pre-installing its biometric ...

MAIT said a pre-installation mandate would force its members to operate separate production lines for Indian market. Apple and Samsung had security concerns.

The CIC’s observation (March 19, 2026) specifically noted that citizens shouldn't have to file RTIs just to get basic ...

Tech giants Apple and Samsung oppose the Indian government's proposal to preload the Aadhaar app on smartphones due to ...

Easily update your Aadhaar with this step-by-step guide to finding the nearest authorised Aadhaar centres on Google Maps.

Smartphone makers like Apple, Google and Samsung have pushed back govt requests to pre-install apps like Aadhaar and Sachet.

Aadhaar has emerged as the world’s largest biometric identity system, with around 134 crore live users and over 17,000 crore ...

The tussle over preloading state-run apps has become a recurring flashpoint between the Union government and tech firms such as Apple and Google ...

India’s proposal to preload the Aadhaar app on smartphones is reportedly facing pushback from Apple, Samsung, and industry ...

The Government of India is reportedly pushing to preload the Aadhaar app on all new smartphones. However, major players like Apple, Samsung, and Google have raised concerns over privacy, logistics, ...

The app enables features such as QR-based offline identity verification, consent-based sharing of limited Aadhaar data, and ...