Making Aadhaar Mandatory: Benefits and Drawbacks

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Apoorv said:   7 years ago
Hello everyone.

Making aadhaar mandatory is one of the best step by the government. Various documents of common person is now replaced by one document. Whether you want to make passport or you want to open bank account or you want to take an LPG connection aadhaar is mandator. Even our voter ID card is also linked by aadhaar card. This also reduces fraud corruption and somehow also reduces criminal activities as any information of any person can be easily identified by fingureprints or retina scan. Aadhaar reduces the duplicity and increases the transparency.

But at the same time there should be a proper security of database. Otherwise there should be a serious problem to the national security if there is any databreach.

But by making aadhaar mandatory it is a direct breach of the privacy if the control of the system goes in wrong hand.
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Prasanta said:   7 years ago
Hello, everyone, I am Prasanta.

As a coin has 2 opposite side similarly this initiative of making Aadhar card has pros and cons both.

First of all, I want to say Aadhar card makes our life easier. For identity proof, earlier days we need a lot of document but now we can easily do that by Aadhaar. As Aadhaar card is related to fingerprint or retina scan which can never be duplicated so false Aadhar card cannot be made which is the main drawback of other cards. For making bank account or buying sim card Aadhaar is enough. We can get passport within 10 days only. As Aadhaar is related to a bank account, sim card etc just by Aadhar card we can do a lot of things safely like money transaction by mobile, withdraw of cash in bank Etc. Corruption is decreased much like we cannot be disturbed an unknown person intentionally for getting fun as we can get all info using Aadhaar.

But it has also some cons.

If Aadhar card is hacked every personal document can be hacked even bank account also. For a handicapped person, we have to think in a different manner for making Aadhar card safely.
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Rutika Suryawanshi said:   7 years ago
I think it is a very good step taken by the Indian government. It reduces corruption, crime happening in India.
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Dinabandhu Nayak said:   7 years ago
Hello Everyone.

Making Aadhaar Mandatory is a best step by Govt of India. For our Address and Identity proof previously we use many Documents like Voter id card, Ration card, Pan card etc but Now only 1 Aadhaar can enough for for every purpose, Best part of Aadhaar is it also Attached your Biometric details so you can Access every where only one finger print is enough for your identity, address. Main demerits of this Privacy issues, once your Aadhaar hacked means your all information is linked.
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Rajasekhar said:   7 years ago
India has implemented a good idea. Each one of people gets an Aadhar card because of their identity proof. What ever you do in online or every thing our adhar card has been linked to that. No one manupulates to others.
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Anonymous said:   7 years ago
As we all know, Aadhar is a unique identification ID issued to the Indian people by the government of India. Like other things it too has got some benefits and drawbacks.

BENEFITS.

-Earlier we had to carry multiple documents to confirm our identity but thanks to Aadhar cards as they have played a phenomenal role in reducing this burden as it contains all our biometrics, retinal scan and other required details.

-As it contains biometric details thus it can't be copied or faked easily for negative purposes.

-Earlier, it was observed that opening a bank account or buying a sim card seemed like a complicated task due to the involvement of long documentation process but now we need only the Aadhar card and the job is done immediately without taking too much time.

Drawbacks:

-Since past few months it has been observed that the government has made it mandatory to link up your bank account, PAN and others with Aadhar creating a nuanced problem and giving rise to jitters among people that their data might be stolen as all the details are now stored online.

-Aadhar here now plays a role of the key to the door i.e. If someone successfully hacks into your aadhar details he or she might gain full access to your bank details which may be dangerous.
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Priyabrata said:   7 years ago
UIDAI has made an unprecedented effort to compile holistic data of an individual in a single document named AADHAAR which has become a mandatory document in every step in our life. Govt has made it mandatory to link AADHAAR no everywhere, from bank a/c to obtain basic services like LPG connection, purchase of sim card or any application of exam-anyone can name it. Surely it is a comprehensive step to bring citizen under one canopy of unique identification no as well as to save government expenses from mismanagement of funds. But to what extent the data stored in AADHAAR are secure. Our data storage vulnerability recently has been evinced by the leakage of AADHAAR data. If that happens, then the sensitive data can be misused to make a fraudulent transaction and much more malevolent work. After all, An individual description is his/her privacy and it is ones right and leakage of such data leads to a violation of the privacy of a citizen. So, I think to remove all such bottlenecks is the first and foremost duty of govt before making it a mandatory document.

On the other hand, many people in rural area are yet to obtain the AADHAAR. So if anyone wants to open a bank a/c or a govt scheme, what would happen to him/her?Is his eligibility to be discarded due to lack of this AADHAAR?It should not happen. So making it flexible in case of rural and poor people is also necessary.
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Sandip londhe said:   7 years ago
Making Aaadhar compulsory to all the places it can be dangerous for people, there may be chances of hacking the data, as Aadhar is connected to the bank account it is also possible to hack bank account.

Recently government passed the recommendation that Aadhar card should not be compulsory for works like sim card or school admission, bank account. But it is compulsory for the PAN card and other Subsidies schemes.
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Subhashree said:   7 years ago
As we all know a coin has two sides. The Aadhar card is an unique identification provided to the Indian people by the GOI and the database of the same is taken care by the UIDAI. It has a lot no of benefits I.E, it provides us with a unique identification and a large no. of documents are no more needed as was needed earlier. It has made life way too easier. At the same time as its database consists of personal information of the individuals and everything is stored in the cloud system, so there are chances of the data getting leaked and misused by the hackers which is a very dangerous threat to the people.
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Shaheryar said:   7 years ago
In my opinion, making Aadhar should not be mandatory, because it doesn't a big deal to like yours all important documents or I'd with Aadhaar card.

Because there is already a pan card, voter card, which already described your identity of house India and your unique personality.

And also there is a drawback of Aadhar to linking all-around with the account, I'd etc chances of hacking get enhanced.
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