New rule to discourage Aadhaar photocopies

A new rule to discourage entities like hotels, event organisers, etc, from taking photocopy of Aadhaar cards of customers and storing them in physical form will be published soon, a senior government official said.

- PTI

Such practices are in contravention of the present Aadhaar Act.The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chief executive officer (CEO) Bhuvnesh Kumar told PTI that the authority has approved a new rule mandating registration of entities that seek Aadhaar-based verification