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Yet to link Aadhaar with mobile SIM? Govt mulls easier process for seniors

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A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in Rajasthan. Photo: Reuters

BS Web Team New Delhi
Aiming to ease the process of linking Aadhaar card to mobile number, the Central government is mulling implementing a slew of consumer-friendly measures, especially aimed to help senior citizens.


By now, all of us have received messages pushing to link subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, else services will get disrupted. However, you have time to do so till February 2018. 

Aadhaar mobile linkage is being done as per the orders of Supreme Court passed in February and all SIM cards have to be verified with Aadhaar within a year