Despite SC order, schools In 5 states asked 75% children to show Aadhaar
Despite SC order, schools In 5 states asked 75% children to show Aadhaar An estimated 1.2 billion people, or more than 90 per cent of the country’s population, had the 12-digit number, according to the report Current Affairs News :More than 75 percent of school-age kids in five states were required to give their Aadhaar- – a 12-digit, biometric-based, exceptional personality number- – for school enrolment infringing upon a milestone Supreme Court request, according to the State of Aadhaar Report 2019 distributed on November 25, 2019. Across the country, giving Aadhaar during enrolment was compulsory for around 73 percent of kids, the report stated: “Much after the 2018 Supreme Court administering, numerous families still need to give Aadhaar to kids’ school enrolment.” The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which is entrusted with the Aadhaar program, had expressed in December 2018 that “requesting Aadhaar cards for confirmations isn’t according to the arr...