Aadhaar not required for new mobile connection: Here's what you must know

Aadhaar no longer mandatory to get a mobile connection. However, UIDAI will wait for Supreme Court verdict on the requirement to verify the SIM by linking it with biometric 12-digit Aadhaar number

You no longer need an Aadhaar to get a mobile connection; telecom companies would now also accept other documents like passport, driving licence and voter ID, with the Centre reportedly directing them immediately implement a new rule to this effect. The development comes after the Supreme Count on March 14 issued an interim order indefinitely extending the deadline for linking Aadhaar to bank accounts, mobile phone numbers, passports and other services, beyond the previous deadline of March 31. A five-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had said there was no need to link Aadhaar to these services until