The
Government’s initiative to issue identification cards (Aadhar) with
unique identification number (UID) to all citizens of India is really
a mammoth work considering the population in India.
As
per the statistics issued about Aadhar, Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIAI) has spent more than Rs.2000 crores for issuing Aadhar to nearly 23
crore people.
As
such the Aadhar system is stated to be one of the full-proof technology to prevent
duplication. Three biometric attributes i.e face, fingerprints and iris
images of the card holder are collected to maintain uniqueness.
Government
has also taken all steps to officialize Aadhar Card for its
acceptance an identification card by all government as well as private
authorities.
Railways
has already notified Aadhar as an acceptable identification card. But Banks say
Aadhar alone is not enough for opening new account as it does not contain date
of birth.
However,
for opening a new account Banks are not accepting Aadhar alone as a
documentary proof for the reason that date of birth of the card
holder is not mentioned in Aadhar. Hence,Banks insist additional documents such as PAN to verify the
date of birth.
Aadhar
is supposed to eliminate an individual’s difficulty of carrying multiple
identification documents. But in this case Aadhar is not alone enough as
it could not produced as a document for certifying one’s age.
Better
late than never: Many feel, mentioning date of
birth in Aadhar would
not
be a problem as UIAI collects date of birth of an individual in the
initial application itself. In fact the year of birth is
mentioned in Aadhar.
Source: Times of India
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