Moreover, over 80% of new users are being enrolled using the Aadhaar e-verification process.The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, which allowed private entities to use the 12-digit number to validate the identities of customers. Now, with the delays in registration, our plans to ramp up in these areas will take a hit,” said a third senior company executive. Tele-density is a measure of telephone connections for every hundred individuals.The court also said that authentication records obtained via Aadhaar that are already with telcos should not be stored beyond six months. Operators said they need more details on what documents would be accepted from subscribers as per ‘know-your-customer’ rules for verification in place of Aadhaar data.“We have to comply with whatever the Supreme Court has said on Aadhaar validity. In my opinion, if required, there will be no problem in removing consumer data as this is apparently a software-driven function,” a senior BSNL official said.

Source: Economic Times September 26, 2018 18:22 UTC