Supreme Court (SC) has permitted Union Government to
voluntary use Aadhaar card scheme in Welfare Schemes. It has been extended for
schemes like MGNREGA, PM’s Jan Dhan Yojana, all types of pension schemes and
EPF. The apex court modified its earlier order which restricted use of Aadhaar
to public distribution system (LPG) and LPG (cooking gas) subsidy.
The modified order was ruled by five-judge Constitution
Bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu and mentioned that Aadhaar card scheme
is purely voluntary and not mandatory. It was issued on a batch of requests
made by Union Government, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDIA),
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and various government regulators IRDAI,SEBI, TRAI
etc.
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