No denial of vaccine, essential services for lack of Aadhaar, says UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Saturday informed that no one should be denied vaccine, medicine, hospitalisation, or treatment just because they do not have an Aadhaar and said that Aadhaar should not be misused as an excuse for denial of any essential service.

According to a statement issued by UIDAI, in the COVID pandemic circumstances, no one shall be denied a service/benefit just because someone does not have an Aadhaar.

“If one does not have Aadhaar or if Aadhaar online verification is not successful due to some reason, the concerned agency or department has to provide the service as per Section 7 of Aadhaar Act, 2016,” the statement said.