Letters: Widening Aadhaar's base

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has already spent a large amount of money on issuing Aadhaar numbers to citizens. Though the project has faced several hurdles including disapprobation by the Supreme Court with reference to cash transfer of eligible subsidies, the enrolment process has continued, and it would be unwise to discard the system now. Considering the necessity of an authentic identification tool in a large country like India, there is a need to widen Aadhaar's base. It would have been a well-conceived idea to treat Aadhaar as a proof of citizenship combined with the PAN number, passport, Voter ID and other such documents. The Election Commission must step in to utilise the strengths of Aadhaar and enhance the voter base by introducing internet voting. The UPA should move before the next government contemplates an alternate scheme and shelves the current one.

Rajiv N Magal Hassan

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