Link Aadhaar, electoral roll to check duplicate entries: Parliament panel

A parliamentary committee on Friday supported the Election Commission proposal to link voters’ Aadhaar numbers with the electoral roll to clean up data of duplicate entries.

The department-related Standing Committee on Law recommended that the government undertakes “appropriate actions for the purpose of linking Aadhaar card number with voter I-card to purify the electoral roll which is in larger interest of democratic polity.”

The Law Ministry is the nodal ministry for the Election Commission.

The recommendation is part of its report on Demands for Grants (2020-2021) of the Ministry of Law and Justice tabled in Parliament on Friday.