The Aadhaar card is invasion to privacy of citizens – a fundamental right under the Constitution. And number of cases have been reported of its leakage and misuse, but the egoist government has made up its mind to forcefully implement it in every step of life.
The additional information on Aadhaar card is now demanded by government for those citizens who got it at initial stages of its introduction. Now even to make little changes in Aadhaar card one is required to visit authorised agents who charge differently as fixed rates if any is not known to public; and for it they would take thumb impression again – when Aadhaar card is already made why again this avoidable impression is made compulsory? Many Aadhaar card holders are senior citizens who find difficulty in moving around; and employed people would be required to take one day leave etc. Why government is not started having camps of permanent nature – for one year – at every one-two kilometers’ distance or in most colonies of India where any person can easily visit and get corrections/ additional information – as for example in older Aadhaar cards mobile numbers etc. are missing. Now it is compulsory also to link PAN for tax payers. The best would be that online applications are allowed – to those who have not their mobile numbers on their Aadhaar card – for minor changes / additional information which is required now be printed on Aadhaar Card itself like full date of birth (in older cards year is only printed), mobile numbers. e-mail ids and PAN numbers etc. — all these information / data is / are missing in the Aadhaar cards issued at inception stage of its introduction.
The wide publicity in media-newspapers must be made about rules, centers, website etc. in public interest.
Also, its website is not updated – the info about centers is old as many such centers are closed when contacted them.
The persons behind updating of website of all the information must be held accountable and punished if found not updated on say weekly basis. This rule must be made for all government departments and banks’ and other public interest websites.
