Is there a case for linking Aadhaar with midday meal?

Corruption in the scheme may have nothing to do with fake children being shown to siphon out money

A new storm is brewing. After demonetisation, it is the backdoor enforcement of Aadhaar identification for children to qualify for midday meals. The move is threatening to take the shape of the next direct conflict between academic policy implementation and the practical problem of unintended consequences on the ground. Added to the mix is the evident violation of the Supreme Court’s orders that Aadhaar cannot be made a mandatory requirement for government welfare schemes.
 
While midday meals are the most emotive of the schemes to which the unique identification under Aadhaar has been made mandatory, this paper has reported that