Making an Aadhaar a prerequisite to access essential services and benefits can obstruct access to several constitutional rights
There is no penal consequence for people who don't want to link Aadhaar, says an activist
The gvot has insisted on quoting Aadhaar for bank deposits, obtaining mobile phone and several other utilities to weed out benami deals and blackmoney
After getting the Aadhaar information, the service providers will have to upload it into Central Recordkeeping Agency
Aadhaar linking with bank accounts being done based on the amendments effected in Prevention of Money Laundering Rules
Attorney General said Centre is willing to extend deadline up to March 31 but Aadhaar should remain mandatory for opening of new bank account
In the recent past, the government has laid a lot of emphasis on consumers to link their Aadhaar with all important documents
Centre had on Oct 25 told SC that the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to receive benefits of govt schemes to extended till March 31, 2018