Aadhaar bill introduced in Lok Sabha amid opposition protests
TNN | Updated: Jan 3, 2019, 07:58 IST
NEW DELHI: Government on Wednesday introduced an amendment bill in Lok Sabha to provide legal backing for voluntary seeding of biometric Aadhaar ID with mobile numbers and bank accounts after the Supreme Court barred mandatory use of the 12-digit unique identifier by private firms.
Amid objections to the amendments from the opposition, law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the proposed amendment is in compliance with the SC judgement. He also said that the government will introduce a data protection bill in Parliament soon.
Prasad also said privacy of individuals was “not being invaded at all” from these amendments and that the government had factored in parallel authentication norms to safeguard privacy issues. “We should not forget that Aadhaar has led to saving of Rs 90,000 crore through direct benefit transfers (DBT),” the minister said.
Objections to the introduction of the bill were raised by Kerala MPs Shashi Tharoor and N K Premachandran and TMC MP Saugata Roy.
Amid objections to the amendments from the opposition, law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the proposed amendment is in compliance with the SC judgement. He also said that the government will introduce a data protection bill in Parliament soon.
Prasad also said privacy of individuals was “not being invaded at all” from these amendments and that the government had factored in parallel authentication norms to safeguard privacy issues. “We should not forget that Aadhaar has led to saving of Rs 90,000 crore through direct benefit transfers (DBT),” the minister said.
Objections to the introduction of the bill were raised by Kerala MPs Shashi Tharoor and N K Premachandran and TMC MP Saugata Roy.
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