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What do you need Aadhaar For Now?

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In Supreme Court, Four Judges on Five-judge bench have upheld the legality of the Aadhaar Act. Aadhaar is a voluntary identification programme. But it’s compulsory for those who seek to receive any subsidy, benefit or service under a government welfare scheme. So if you don’t have Aadhaar card? And if you have one can you use it to open a bank account or digital wallet? What is Aadhar Mandatory for? All Indians availing government welfare schemes and subsidies that are funded from the Consolidated Funds of India need an Aadhaar. All taxpayers also need it to file their tax returns. What is Aadhar not Mandatory for? There is no need for Aadhaar for enrollment in CBSE, NEET, JEE, UGC, etc. A government cannot make Aadhaar Mandatory for other government services, the non-welfare scheme type. The Supreme Court has strengthened some civil rights and safeguards. No Child can be denied benefits of any government welfare scheme even if she doesn’t have an Aadhaar numb
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Why You Need Aadhaar

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Aadhaar-based identification will have two unique features: Universality, which is ensured because Aadhaar will over time be recognised and accepted across the country and across all service providers. The number will consequently form the basic, universal identity infrastructure over which Registrars and Agencies across the country can build their identity-based applications. Unique Identification of India (UIDAI) will build partnerships with various Registrars across the country to enrol residents for the number. Such Registrars may include state governments, state Public Sector Units (PSUs), banks, telecom companies, etc. These Registrars may in turn partner with enrolling agencies to enrol residents into Aadhaar. Aadhaar will ensure increased trust between public and private agencies and residents. Once residents enrol for Aadhaar, service providers will no longer face the problem of performing repeated Know Your Customer (KYC) checks before providing
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