It will remain mandatory to link the Aadhaar card with the PAN card. The Aadhaar card will also be necessary for filing income-tax returns and for accessing government welfare schemes and subsidies. The apex court, however, also asked the government to implement laws that would ensure data protection. The Supreme Court has also said that Aadhaar is not mandatory for UGC, NEET and CBSE examinations. There is no possibility of obtaining a duplicate Aadhaar card, he said, adding that there is sufficient defence mechanism for authentication in the Aadhaar scheme.

Source: The Telegraph September 26, 2018 07:23 UTC