Aadhar which was introduced by the UPA Government in 2009, got greater importance since 2014 when the NDA Government took over and has now became the most vital document of an Indian Citizen. Aadhar, although, can be said that it's just an Identity Card of a person, but the amount of information it holds is enormous - from Personal Details to Fingerprint to Iris Scan, everything that is important to a person is stored in Aadhar database.
The Government of India made it compulsory for people to link Aadhar with Bank a/c to get Direct Benefit Tranfer (DBT) which has proved to be beneficial but was heavily criticized by a lot of people. The Government also ordered for mandatory linking of Aadhar with PAN Card and SIM Card and also several deadlines were given to do it. But the matter of Privacy being compromised was pending in the Supreme Court and they repeated announced that Aadhar is voluntary and not mandatory.
The Supreme Court and the Government order contradicted in linking Aadhar which led to the people being confused . Though the Supreme Court never supported the Government argument that it would reap huge benefit by linking Aadhar to various social service, majority of the people have already linked their Bank a/c, PAN Card and SIM Card with Aadhar in anticipation that these would be deactivated if they don't do so.
Linking Aadhar has served the many purpose of the Government - it has brought into light persons having multiple PAN Card, increased Tax collection, provided an Identity Card to people which can be used anywhere and everywhere; and many more purposes.
The Aadhar is a very useful project launched by the Government. The aim to have a single document which will almost have the entire data and information of a person was a pretty good idea. But a better planning was required as far as security of the data stored in UIDAI is concerned. Several cases of data being leaked or compromised were heard and that led to the resentment among people. Security of data is a matter which the UIDAI will have to look into and provide a concrete solution to it, if it wants to implement the Government's Vision completely or else Aadhar will be criticized every now and then on this ground and will lose its importance.
The Aadhar with its capabilities can be utilized much more and can act as a powerful tool for the Government to eradicate Corruption, Poverty and many underlying problems of the society but that will require the Government to make it work the way that goes well with the people and also they will have to make sure that the flaws that are there being removed to make it a foolproof system.
If these are done then Aadhar will surely replace all other Id Cards. The Government's objective will also be fulfilled and it will also be very fruitful for the people in the long run.
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N.B.: This is an essay written by me on the topic "Aadhar - Utility is more than perceived" and not a report/news on Aadhar
