<b>Letters:</b> Voluntary or necessary?

That electricity, which is a necessity, is being linked to Aadhaar answers the question well

Apropos Shreya Jai’s report, “Plans to link power bills to Aadhaar” (May 4), here comes another suggestion from the central government for boosting a digital wave. 

Although the Supreme Court is at present hearing a petition that has been filed against the prior decision of the government to link Aadhaar card with Permanent Account Number (PAN), no judgment has been delivered on this matter, rather a new “linking” suggestion has come from the Centre. The recent suggestion aims at moving towards transparency, easier collection of bills, eliminating bribery and, of course, promoting digitisation. 

But what must not be ignored here is that