The measure comes half a decade after the Supreme Court had held the use of Aadhaar details by private entities as “unconstitutional,” however, the official claimed that the proposal does not violate the landmark judgement.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has proposed rules to enable Aadhaar authentication by entities other than Government Ministries and Departments. Through an amendment enacted in 2019 to the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016; entities were allowed to perform authentication if the Unique Identification Authority of…