The Cabinet approved amending the existing laws to provide
legal backing for seeding of Aadhaar number with mobile numbers and bank
accounts as an optional KYC after the Supreme Court barred mandatory use of Aadhaar
by private firms, sources said. The Cabinet approved amendments to the
Telegraph Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Under the amendments,
an Aadhaar holder can opt for offline verification through QR code and will not
require sharing of actual Aadhaar number. The government has also proposed an
imprisonment of up to 10 years for attempting to hack Aadhaar data. Those
minors who have an Aadhaar number will have the option to withdraw from the
biometric system on attaining 18 years of age.
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