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Cabinet to consider bill today to provide statutory status to Aadhaar

Ma h en dra Si n gh , TNN Oct 8, 2013, 05.43A M IST

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statutory status to Aadhaar

Nandan Nilekani

AADHAAR

NEW DELHI: The government is fast-tracking the move to provide statutory status to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as the Union cabinet is expected to approve on Tuesday a long pending legislation to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament. The urgency to provide statutory status to the UIDAI comes after the Supreme Court last month said that the Aadhaar can only be issued to those with proven Indian nationality and cannot be made mandatory for accessing public services and subsidies. The National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010, is also aimed at protecting the privacy of the information that is accessed during the processing of the Aadhaar card.

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The Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI is functioning as an executive body under the Planning Commission with a mandate to issue 12-digit unique identification number called Aadhaar linked to a person's demographic and biometric information. Stung with the recent SC order, UPA managers are desperate to save the government's showpiece initiative that aims at ensuring transparency in accessing public services and payment of subsidies. The Bill to provide the UIDAI legal backing was approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2010 and introduced in the Rajya Sabha in December same year, but was put on the backburner after the standing committee on finance led by BJP leader Y ashwant Sinha rejected it and sent back for reconsideration. There was a feeling in the government that legally UIDAI can continue functioning even without legislative backing and focus was on enrolling maximum number of people. The UIDAI would also move the SC to explain its position related to the Aadhaar scheme, touted as UPA's game-changer in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia told TOI that UIDAI will detail its position on the Aadhaar system to the apex court in an affidavit to be filed shortly. Ahluwalia, one of the architects of the scheme, said that the Aadhaar system was the best way to ensure that there are no leakages in the mechanism and this was "most effective manner" to ensure that benefits reach the targeted population. He also said the scheme will shut out duplication and ensure that nobody garners benefits many times over. Ahluwalia indicated that making it mandatory to avail government entitlements will end duplication and curb leakages.

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UPA managers are worried as Aadhaar is key for rolling out the direct benefit of transfer scheme to plug loopholes in its subsidy delivery mechanism. The move is aimed at ensuring that the money is transferred directly to a beneficiary's bank account.

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