Aadhaar Is Compulsory For Accessing Govt Schemes: Delhi Government

Recently, the Lieutenant Governor, VK Saxena, approved Delhi’s government request concerning the mandatory use of Aadhaar cards while applying for any government scheme in the state and income certificates. This measure was proposed by the state government to verify the identities of eligible and ineligible people so that only the true beneficiaries of the scheme can reap its benefits and not impostors.

Read the article to learn more about the recent update concerning the mandatory use of Aadhaar cards by the Delhi government.

Impact Of The New Decision

The mandatory use of Aadhaar cards while applying for government schemes and income certificates will have quite an impact, not only on people but the authorities as well, such as:

• Mandatory attachment of one’s Aadhaar card to apply for an income certificate will be covered under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act of 2016. As per this section, the central and state governments will not issue an income certificate without Aadhaar authentication.

  “The move aims at eliminating any irregularity or malpractice in issuing income certificates to the applicants and thereby ensuring that only genuine beneficiaries registered under a scheme or financial assistance get the benefit,” expressed by the Raj Niwas.

• The mandatory Aadhaar-based verification to apply for government schemes would make the system much more robust against errors and impostors. This change would ensure that only the truly eligible people get to reap the benefits of the government schemes created for their benefit.

• The mandatory use of Aadhaar cards will also eliminate the use of multiple documents needed to prove one’s identity.

Conclusion

The state government of Delhi recently announced mandatory Aadhaar-based verification for successful application for any government scheme in the state and income certificates. This new decision would help the authorities verify the identities of the beneficiaries and ensure that no impostor gets registered as a beneficiary of the scheme.

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