Digital India Bill: Aadhaar likely to be default e-ID of citizens

The government is also likely to have sweeping powers to track, monitor, intercept, moderate and take down online content under the new law

The government is likely to mandate Aadhaar as the default unique identity of all citizens for the authentication of digital records, digital contracts, and signatures under the Digital India Bill (DIB), among other things, massively expanding its scope in the private sector, sources said.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has created a draft framework for the new Bill, to be proposed as a replacement for India’s primary digital law – the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. Though the draft is in its early stages, a senior official said it was in line with the broad principles of