Aadhaar card: To have or not to have?

August 11, 2015 04:36 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 02:03 am IST

The Supreme Court on Aug.11, 2015 told the government to give wide publicity in media that Aadhar was not mandatory to get benefits which are otherwise due to citizens. However, governments — Centre and States — have tried to press Aadhar on people by making it mandatory to access select services. Here are 10 instances where governments insisted on people having an Aadhar card when you actually didn't:

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