DoT to Work with Telcos, UIDAI on Aadhaar Verdict Compliance

The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has said information technology would talk to Unique Identification Authority of India and telecom operators to make certain telecom regulations and service providers are in compliance with the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar, said DoT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Midweek, while upholding the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, struck down Department 57 of the Aadhaar Act, disallowing private entities from possessing Aadhaar numbers of individuals.

DoT to Work with Telcos, UIDAI on Aadhaar Verdict Compliance The judgement as well barred telecom companies and online wallet services from seeking the unique identity number of consumers."Nosotros will be sitting in the coming days with the Aadhaar authorities and the TSPs (telecom service providers) to make certain we are in complete compliance with the Supreme Court lodge," Sundararajan told reporters. The department would also take legal advice to understand how to become ahead in terms of compliance with the judgement, she added.

The Supreme Court yesterday delivered a landmark judgment and upheld near of the provisions of the Aadhaar Act. The top courtroom ended linking of Aadhaar to mobile numbers and banking services, simply upheld the validity of Aadhaar maxim citizens are only parting with minimal demographic and biometric data, which should be fine when y'all take into business relationship the 'larger public involvement' of the marginalized and poor in the social club.

Additionally, the Supreme Courtroom abolished Department 57 of the Aadhaar Act and that's huge because individual companies and entities will no longer have access to the Aadhaar database. Companies such as Paytm or OLA or Airtel or Reliance Jio cannot utilise your Aadhaar number to verify your identity, so the KYC volition now have to be updated. It'due south too not mandatory to have Aadhaar to open up a bank business relationship or appear for UGC, NEET & CBSE examinations.

Chief Justice Dipak Misra asserted that Aadhaar is mandatory for parts of the club to obtain the necessary authorities benefits or subsidies under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act. The statement of the petitioners that Aadhaar leads to exclusion was as well dismissed. "The entire aim of launching the programme was inclusion of those who deserve to become benefits. If we consider the 0.232% of failures, so 99.vii% for whom it is meant, inclusion gets disturbed", ruled Justice A.Thousand Sikri.

With inputs from IANS