Here's how to delink Aadhaar from digital wallet, bank: Step-by-step guide

Here's a guide to unlinking your Aadhaar number from Paytm, bank accounts and mobile connections

In a major relief for those who were anxious over Aadhaar data security and its implications, the Supreme Court in a landmark verdict ruled that unique identification number would not be needed for opening bank accounts, admission to schools or for getting mobile phone connections. Even as the apex court upheld the validity of Aadhaar, saying sufficient security measures were taken to protect data, it also asked the government to provide more security measures and also reduce the period of storage data.