As per the statistics issued about Aadhar, Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIAI) has spent more than Rs.2000 crores for
issuing Aadhar to nearly 23 crore people.
As such the Aadhar system is stated to be one of the
full-proof technology to prevent duplication. Three biometric attributes i.e
face, fingerprints and iris images of the card holder are collected to maintain
uniqueness.
Government has also taken all steps to officialize Aadhar Card for its acceptance an identification card by all
government as well as private authorities.
Railways has already notified Aadhar as an acceptable
identification card. But Banks say Aadhar alone is not enough
for opening new account as it does not contain date of birth.
However, for opening a new account
Banks are not accepting Aadhar alone as a documentary proof for the reason that
date of birth of the card holder is not mentioned in
Aadhar. Hence, Banks insist additional documents such as PAN to verify
the date of birth.
Aadhar is supposed to eliminate an individual’s difficulty
of carrying multiple identification documents. But in this case Aadhar is
not alone enough as it could not produced as a document for certifying one’s
age.
Better late than never: Many feel, mentioning date of birth in Aadhar would
not be a
problem as UIAI collects date of birth of an individual in the initial application itself. In fact the year of birth is
mentioned in Aadhar.
Source: Times of India
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