Aadhaar Scheme

From assigning temporary Aadhaar numbers to newborns to tracking deaths in hospitals, UIDAI is looking to expand the programme to cover a person's entire lifecycle

The Supreme Court is to pronounce on Monday its verdict on pleas seeking review of a verdict upholding the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but striking down some provisions

A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court has doubted the correctness of the Aadhaar judgment, stating that the Aadhaar Act could not have been passed as Money Bill

But, in line with the SC judgement, necessary measures are being undertaken to formulate an exit scheme only for the children attaining majority who do not intend to avail the benefits of the scheme

On the issue of 16-digit virtual Aadhaar ID, Venugopal said that it is an excellent safety measure

Says it should not be made mandatory for schemes which are not linked to subsidies