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Top 10 stories of the week: March 27th to April 02nd 2017

In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 02nd April 2017 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Indian Express and E2E for their support. Eight challenges wallets will face with RBI’s draft guidelines; our take The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) draft circular on wallet guidelines has prescribed some tough norms for companies. We take a look at some of the rules and guidelines which wallet companies will have to navigate. Comments, suggestions and feedback will have to be sent in by March 31, 2017. Read it here No, the SC hasn’t said that Aadhaar can be made mandatory for non-welfare schemes Contrary to what is being reported in multiple places, the Supreme Court of India did not say today that Aadhaar can be made mandatory for the government for services that aren’t linked to welfare. Neither did they say that Aadhaar should be made mandatory for non-welfare schemes. In fact, there was no order from the Supreme Court. Read it here National Health Policy suggests Aadhaar linked Health Information Network The National Health Policy 2017, approved by the Union Cabinet a couple of weeks ago, envisages the creation of a health information network, and the setting up of a National Digital Health Authority (NDHA): 1. National Digital Health Authority: the policy suggests the setting up of a National Digital Health Authority (NDHA) will be set up “to regulate, develop and deploy digital health across the continuum of care”, given “the integral role…

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