UIDAI: Aadhaar is secure, Person without Aadhaar-no loss of benefits

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 09:51 PM

UIDAI: Aadhaar is secure, Person without Aadhaar-no loss of benefits

New Delhi, March 22: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the biometric and demographic information of people who have enrolled for Aadhaar was secure, while no one will suffer loss of benefits for its lack.

In a first-ever power point presentation in the open court, the constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan was told that the data in encrypted form was "very very secure".

UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said they start collecting data from the birth of a child which is twice updated at the age of five and later at 15 years and that 1.2 billion people have already enrolled.

He also said that a number once given to an enrolled person would not be repeated even after their death.

Pointing to the "exception handling mechanism" in the UIDAI system, Pandey said that "no one will suffer the loss of benefits for the lack of Aadhaar" as the bench pointed to illiterate, the poor and tribals who may not be aware that over time their biometrics have undergone changes and must be updated.