Didn’t order Aadhaar-SIM link: SC
Context
Says government using an order passed by it on February 6, 2017 for the seeding
What has happened?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied directing the mandatory linking of Aadhaar and SIM cards, and said the government was using an order passed by it on February 6 last year as a “tool” to seed Aadhaar with SIM cards
SC observed
The court had only asked the government to tighten the verification process of mobile phone users through Aadhaar linkage, citing national security
UIDAI
- Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said seeding was done in pursuance of a TRAI recommendation
- It was “legitimate state interest”, with regard to national security, to ensure that it is the applicant, and no one else, who was using the mobile SIM.
Banks and Telcos have bigger database
The Aadhaar scheme has been criticised for aggregation of meta data, while every body ignores the fact that banks and telecom companies have a much “bigger data base.”
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