The Centre wants to keep a record of all services and benefits a person gets by using his Aadhar card for seven years, reports Hindustan Times. As per the report the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will be made to preserve its records of verification of Aadhar number for seven years. The information retrieved from the number will be online for two years from where the citizens can check their own records. After that, for five years the files will be kept in government archives but the individuals will not get to access these records. The states include Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Source: dna October 17, 2016 06:19 UTC