The recent push by the central government in making Aadhaar mandatory for several government schemes has met with widespread criticism from various sections of the society, including activists, lawyers, policy professionals and journalists. Just yesterday, amendments were introduced in the Finance Bill, 2017 to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income-tax returns as well for obtaining and retaining the permanent account number (PAN). And now, with the Bill being passed in its entirety in the Lok Sabha, the Centre’s intentions to make Aadhaar compulsory across the board – despite a Supreme Court order to the contrary – are fairly clear. The […]
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