The government made it mandatory to link bank accounts with Aadhaar earlier this year, warning that delinked ones will cease to be operational. NEW DELHI: The government is accelerating the drive to demographically authenticate bank accounts with Aadhaar even as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a batch of petitions this month that challenge making Aadhaar mandatory for social welfare schemes.
The government wants to quickly reach the target of 1 billion Aadhaar-seeded accounts that are also demographically authenticated. Such accounts could be used to deliver benefits such as comprehensive social security. “This could also be the backbone in case […]
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