Aadhaar (UIDAI) News & Updates

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn the tender to invite bids for the controversial 'social media monitoring agency'.

The Authority further submitted that it was not going to float a similar tender in the future.

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Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, came down heavily on the Union Home minister, Amit Shah for his statement that Aadhaar and voter cards were not proofs of citizenship.

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"Those who had voted him to power are not citizens of India according to his statement," said Banerjee,

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Aadhaar was always said to be a proof of residence, a bit like a US social security card, and not citizenship. However, the government has now mentioned the same documents that will yield proof of citizenship.

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This is bizarre because the Supreme Court in its Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) and another ..... Petitioner(s) And Others said, "An Aadhaar number also does not, by itself, constitute a conferment of a right of citizenship, or domicile." The verdict also said that "Section 9 of the (Aadhaar) Act, 2016 is also unconstitutional in as much as the Aadhaar number is de facto serving as proof of citizenship and domicile."

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