Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government will soon make it mandatory for linking Aadhaar with driving licence.
Delivering his presidential address at the ongoing 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University here, the Minister for Law, Electronics and Information Technology said, “We are soon going to bring a law which will make it mandatory to link Aadhaar with driving licence.”
Explaining the need for the linkage, Prasad said, “At present, what happens is that the guilty person who causes an accident flees the scene and gets a duplicate licence. This helps him go scot-free. However, with the Aadhaar linkage, you can change your name but you cannot change your biometrics, neither iris nor fingerprints.”
Eulogizing about the Centre’s ‘Digital India’ programme, the minister claimed that it had bridged the urban-rural divide.
Through a power presentation, Prasad said, “This is a digital profile of India — 123 crore Aadhaar cards, 121 crore mobile phones, 44.6 crore smartphones, and 56 crore internet users. There has been a 51 percent growth in e-commerce. India has a population of 130 crores.”
He also said that the digital payment transactions in the country have increased manifold to over Rs 2,070 crore in 2017-18.
LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal, Punjab BJP President Shwait Malik, and Phagwara MLA Som Parkash were also present on the occasion.
I do not have a licence,I am not a tax payer in Income ,I do have bank account and as per supreme Court recent order there is no necessary to connect our link to know each other our details and fight against fraud for Govt. organisation. is not responsible at all.Same way Helmet, loss is not paid by Govt.organisation. Also long term RTO-15 years tax advance paid count the interest but within 1-year total loss of vehicle Govt.organisation. is not returning the 14-years tax with interests to party/owner Also now Insurance 5-years?advance payment is necessary for Govt.organisation. This is good way of earning more money from Poor people’s nothing else. Pl explain in news paper.
Good that you do not have license. That means you don’t owe a vehicle either. You also do not pay tax but enjoy all facilities that a tax payer earns for you through government. Who is selfish in this case? You or the government?
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