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Here are 10 things for which Aadhaar Card is mandatory

Here's a list of things you can't get without an Aadhaar number, from free midday meals to cash benefits for tuberculosis patients.
If you want to continue using your bank account and you carry out cash transactions of over Rs 50,000, you need to have linked your Aadhaar number to your bank. Those holding multiple bank accounts are likely to face a problem. (File |Reuters)
If you want to continue using your bank account and you carry out cash transactions of over Rs 50,000, you need to have linked your Aadhaar number to your bank. Those holding multiple bank accounts are likely to face a problem. (File |Reuters)
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Aadhaar is now compulsory to get a new sim card. Phone numbers that aren't linked to Aadhaar by February 6, 2018 could become invalid. (Wikimedia commons)
Aadhaar is now compulsory to get a new sim card. Phone numbers that aren't linked to Aadhaar by February 6, 2018 could become invalid. (Wikimedia commons)
In Uttar Pradesh, Aadhaar is required to avail services of the government ambulance, putting a strain on the poorest during emergencies, as they the ones who are wholly dependent on free government services.
In Uttar Pradesh, Aadhaar is required to avail services of the government ambulance, putting a strain on the poorest during emergencies, as they the ones who are wholly dependent on free government services.
Railway subsidies on IRCTC: if, for example, you want to avail a concession, you must present your Aadhaar number. No other government ID would suffice. (File |PTI)
Railway subsidies on IRCTC: if, for example, you want to avail a concession, you must present your Aadhaar number. No other government ID would suffice. (File |PTI)
Aadhaar is required to get mid-day meals at government schools. Will the child not be given food, the only square meal she gets throughout the day? In many cases, the mid-day meal is the sole reason that children from poor households are sent to school at all. (File |PTI)
Aadhaar is required to get mid-day meals at government schools. Will the child not be given food, the only square meal she gets throughout the day? In many cases, the mid-day meal is the sole reason that children from poor households are sent to school at all. (File |PTI)
Filing Tax returns: Those who possess Aadhar must link it to their PAN number to file returns. A recent Supreme Court order exempted those who do not have Aadhaar from the rule, for now, until the main issue of privacy, which is also being heard by the Supreme Court, is settled. (File| PTI)
Filing Tax returns: Those who possess Aadhar must link it to their PAN number to file returns. A recent Supreme Court order exempted those who do not have Aadhaar from the rule, for now, until the main issue of privacy, which is also being heard by the Supreme Court, is settled. (File| PTI)
Cash benefits for patients suffering from tuberculosis, a wide-spread disease, which many poor people are afflicted with are now linked to Aadhaar. While Aadhaar does not guarantee that all TB patients will receive regular treatment, it is meant to be used as a check on those allegedly wrongly receiving cash benefits in the guise of being TB patients, a stigma most people would rather live without.
Cash benefits for patients suffering from tuberculosis, a wide-spread disease, which many poor people are afflicted with are now linked to Aadhaar. While Aadhaar does not guarantee that all TB patients will receive regular treatment, it is meant to be used as a check on those allegedly wrongly receiving cash benefits in the guise of being TB patients, a stigma most people would rather live without.
From July 1, Aadhaar is mandatory for Divya Darshan of Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati. Reasoning behind restricting access to God to only those with government-mandated biometric-enabled identity cards is unclear.
From July 1, Aadhaar is mandatory for Divya Darshan of Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati. Reasoning behind restricting access to God to only those with government-mandated biometric-enabled identity cards is unclear.
Farmers now require Aadhaar to avail of welfare benefits offered by the horticulture department, crop insurance benefits, cash subsidy on foodgrains and so on. If the biometrics don't match, which commonly happens, the already poor distressed farmer will have to go back empty-handed.
Farmers now require Aadhaar to avail of welfare benefits offered by the horticulture department, crop insurance benefits, cash subsidy on foodgrains and so on. If the biometrics don't match, which commonly happens, the already poor distressed farmer will have to go back empty-handed.
Central scholarships for college students; Benefits for disabled children under SSA; National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme; Deendayal Antyodya Yojana, National Rural Livelihoods Mission; Benefits under Grih Kalyan Kendra Scheme; Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Scheme; Training under ICDS; Mid-day meals; Janani Suraksha Yojana; National Mission for Empowerment of Women; Maternity Benefit Programme; Integrated Child Protection Scheme; Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for BPL Women; Compensation for Bhopal gas leak victims are some of the other welfare schemes that one will now be able to avail of only if one is in possession of an Aadhaar.
Central scholarships for college students; Benefits for disabled children under SSA; National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme; Deendayal Antyodya Yojana, National Rural Livelihoods Mission; Benefits under Grih Kalyan Kendra Scheme; Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Scheme; Training under ICDS; Mid-day meals; Janani Suraksha Yojana; National Mission for Empowerment of Women; Maternity Benefit Programme; Integrated Child Protection Scheme; Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for BPL Women; Compensation for Bhopal gas leak victims are some of the other welfare schemes that one will now be able to avail of only if one is in possession of an Aadhaar.
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