The Bill will be introduced in next session of Parliament
Current Affairs:-The Union Cabinet on Wednesday affirmed “The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019” to supplant the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The corrections proposed are equivalent to those contained in the Ordinance declared by President Ram Nath Kovind on March 2, 2019. The Bill will be presented in next session of Parliament.
Among others, it takes into account intentional utilization of Aadhaar as a character evidence for opening financial balances just as getting cell phone associations. The Bill looks to offer impact to the adjustments in the Aadhaar Act, for example, giving a tyke an alternative to exit from the biometric ID program on turning 18.
The revision accommodates solid endless supply of standards relating to Aadhaar, and infringement of protection. It restricts putting away of center biometric data and the Aadhaar number by specialist co-ops, in instances of people who have deliberately offered the national ID as a methods for confirmation.
The proposed revisions would permit the utilization of Aadhaar number for confirmation on willful premise as worthy ‘Know Your Customer’ record under the Telegraph Act, 1885, just as the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
The progressions proposed under the Ordinance, presented in February, incorporated a common punishment of up to Rs 1 crore on elements that abuse the arrangements of the Aadhaar Act, with an extra fine of up to Rs 10 lakh for every day if there should arise an occurrence of ceaseless rebelliousness. The Ordinance was proclaimed by the President on March 2.
Aditi Mehta 