Days after government made the Aadhaar number mandatory for filing tax returns ordered re-verification of mobile numbers using Aadhaar data, a report now suggests that soon it may become mandatory to board domestic flights. If implemented, the new mechanism will require Indian travellers to authenticate their ID using the Aadhaar biometric authentication before boarding a plane. Recently, the government asked PAN card holders to link their cards with the Aadhaar number and made it mandatory for filing tax returns. At the same time, Department of Telecom has asked the telecom companies to re-verify all the existing pre-paid and post-paid number using Aadhaar data. The same applies for PAN cards not linked to Aadhaar cards by July this year.

Source: India Today April 05, 2017 08:48 UTC