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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has asked telecom operators to submit a plan to stop the use of Aadhaar for authentication of subscribers.
The Supreme Court last week, while upholding the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act, disallowed private entities from possessing the Aadhaar details of customers.
In a letter to the telecom companies, UIDAI said: “TSPs (telecom service providers) are hereby directed to submit by 15 October an action plan/exit plan to the Authority for closure of use of Aadhaar based authentication systems.”
The letter accessed by IANS also asked the operators to delink Aadhaar from mobile numbers when sought by any subscriber and perform KYC (Know Your Customer) procedures afresh using the list of documents approved by the Department of Telecom (DoT).
Commenting on the development, Cellular Operators’ Authority of India Director General Rajan Mathews said the industry body would talk to the DoT soon to discuss the modalities.
Commenting on the development, Cellular Operators' Authority of India Director General Rajan Mathews said the industry body would talk to the DoT soon to discuss the modalities.
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