Government will soon make Aadhaar-driving licence linking mandatory: Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years ago

Government will soon make Aadhaar-driving licence linking mandatory: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Live Mint  

Phagwara: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government will soon make it mandatory for linking Aadhaar with driving licences. Delivering his presidential address at the ongoing 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University here, the minister for Law, Electronics and Information Technology said, “We are soon going to bring a law which will make it mandatory to link Aadhaar with driving licence.” “At presently, what happens is that the guilty person who causes an accident flees the scene and gets a duplicate licence. Through a power presentation, Prasad said, “This is digital profile of India -- 123 crore Aadhaar cards,121 crore mobile phones, 44.6 crore smart phones, 56 crore internet users, there has been 51 per cent growth in e-commerce. There is 130 crore population in India.” He also said digital payment transactions in the country have increased manifold to over ₹ 2,070 crore in 2017-18.

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India Today  

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6 years ago

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6 years ago

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Firstpost  

Through a power presentation, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “This is digital profile of India - 123 crore Aadhaar cards,121 crore mobile phones, 44.6 crore smart phones, 56 crore internet users, there has been 51 percent growth in e-commerce. There is 130 crore population in India.” Phagwara: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government will soon make it mandatory …

Driving licence to be linked with Aadhaar soon, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years ago

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Hindustan Times  

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6 years, 6 months ago

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Firstpost  

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ABP News  

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