NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the department of telecommunications (DOT) in a joint a statement on Thursday clarifies that SIM cards issued through Aadhaar won’t be disconnected.
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Refuting the claims that 50 crore mobile connections procured through Aadhaar verification may face disconnection of their SIM cards, the joint statement by the UIDAI and DoT said:
“The joint statement clarifies that the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its judgement in Aadhaar case has nowhere directed that the mobile number which has been issued through Aadhaar eKYC has to be disconnected. The Court has also not asked to delete all the eKYC data of telecom customers after 6 months. What the Apex Court has asked that UIDAI should not keep authentication log for more than 6 months.”
“The restriction is on UIDAI and not on the telecom companies. Therefore there is no need for telecom companies to delete authentication logs,” the statement said.
The Department of Telecommunications @DoT_India and Unique Identification Authority of India in a #JointPressStatement today clarified that a few news reports in the media which state that 50 cr mobile nos., are at the risk of disconnection, are completely untrue & imaginary 1/n
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) October 18, 2018
The news report tries to create unnecessary panic among mobile users by claiming that “they stare a prospect of disconnection if SIM cards procured on the basis of Aadhaar verification are not backed up by a fresh identification”. 2/n
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) October 18, 2018
The joint statement clarifies that the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its judgement in Aadhaar case has nowhere directed that the mobile number which has been issued through Aadhaar eKYC has to be disconnected. 3/n
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) October 18, 2018
Therefore, there is absolutely no reason for panic or fear at all. People should not believe in such rumours. The Court has also not asked to delete all the eKYC data of telecom customers after 6 months. 4/n
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) October 18, 2018