The source told the newspaper the government is "looking at" whether citizens can use such alternatives," but also that there had been no "final call" yet. Mobile phone users in India started receiving messages informing them that the government had made it mandatory for mobile phone numbers to be linked to Aadhaar, and that their numbers would be deactivated if this wasn't done. "Aadhaar number should not be linked with mobile phone. I will not link my Aadhaar number with my mobile even if my connection is snapped," she told her Trinamool Congress colleagues at an extended core committee meeting. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court declared that privacy is a fundamental right.

Source: India Today October 26, 2017 03:54 UTC