NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented PowerPoint presentation to the Supreme Court , the Unique Identification Authority of India said Aadhaar makes exceptions for those who are unable to give their biometric information for any reason and blamed deaths due to denial of subsidies on corruption and other human factors. Misra couldn’t hide a smile at this claim.No third party can either store or save a person’s data during authentication, Pandey claimed. Neither can anyone access these authentication details.Pandey said exceptions could be made in Aadhaar for leprosy patients, manual labourers and other categories of people who are unable to provide biometrics because of illness or disability. He said the attempt was to have 100% coverage.“We have tied up with hospitals so that infants can be handed over Aadhaar cards on the spot,” he said. The AG then clarified that a bill was introduced in 2010 and was passed in 2016.

Source: Economic Times March 22, 2018 14:54 UTC