Giving a big relief to the people, the government has taken down Aadhaar as the mandatory document for buying a mobile phone Sim card. The government has asked telecom companies to start accepting alternative documents such as driving licence, passport and voter ID card.
According to Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan, operators have been asked to follow the directive immediately to ensure consumers are not inconvenienced.
Sometime back, the Supreme Court had rapped the Centre for using its earlier order on 'mandatory authentication of users' as a 'tool' by asking telecom companies to link their mobile numbers with Aadhaar. The SC has already clarified that Aadhaar is not mandatory for getting SIM cards until it takes a final view.
Sometime back, the Supreme Court had rapped the Centre for using its earlier order on 'mandatory authentication of users' as a 'tool' by asking telecom companies to link their mobile numbers with Aadhaar. The SC has already clarified that Aadhaar is not mandatory for getting SIM cards until it takes a final view.
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