Is Aadhaar for greater social good?
The passage of time does not seem to have removed the concern of people about the safety of Aadhaar data. It was more than six-seven years ago that cooking gas consumers in Tamil Nadu began seeding their Aadhaar and bank account details with their LPG consumer numbers for receiving the subsidy and the ration cardholders integrated the Aadhaar data of all their family members with the public distribution system. “Initially, the government asked us to seed Aadhaar numbers with ration cards and now with electricity service connection numbers. But what is the logic behind asking for these details while one applies for a change in the tariff of low-tension electricity service connections when it does not involve subsidy,” asks K. Kathirmathiyon, a Coimbatore-based consumer activist, referring to a circular that the power utility issued in May. As the persons with disabilities have linked their Unique Disability IDs with their Aadhaar numbers, the government could use that data, instead of asking for fresh seeding, he suggests.
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