Using Aadhaar for Skype calls: Minister okay with Microsoft plan

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in New Delhi on Monday. (express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)
Microsoft’s plan to link its video calling service Skype with the Aadhar database for making authenticated calls with government institutions and others is expected to move further with Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad indicating his consent to the plan, said a source privy to the minister’s meeting with Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella here on Monday.
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