Delhi Makes Aadhaar Check Voluntary; Voter ID, Licence or Passport Will Also Do for Schemes
A Delhi Gazette notification says no one can be denied a government service for lacking Aadhaar or failing its verification.
People in Delhi will be able to prove their identity for government schemes and services with a voter ID card, driving licence or passport, and cannot be turned away for not having Aadhaar, under a new Delhi government notification, News18 Hindi reported.
What the notification says
The government’s Information Technology Department has published the notification in the Delhi Gazette. It permits Aadhaar authentication on the Unified Citizen Data Platform (UCDP), a digital system meant to organise citizens’ access to government services and schemes. Any other photo identity card issued by the Centre or a state government will also be accepted.
Consent comes first
Aadhaar authentication will be voluntary, and a person’s consent must be taken before it is carried out. Anyone who has no Aadhaar, does not want to use it, or whose verification fails for technical reasons can rely on one of the other documents instead.
The government’s reasons
According to the report, the government says the arrangement is meant to promote good governance through digital tools, make services easier to reach and stop leakages in welfare benefits.
Featured image: Delhi Vidhan Sabha by Ramesh Lalwani, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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