Aadhaar must for social security benefits, registering on migrants’ database

NEW DELHI : The Union government has made Aadhaar mandatory for availing social security benefits, and for registration on a national informal workers’ database being developed for migrants.

The labour ministry has notified section 142 of the social security code, which allows authorities to collect Aadhaar details for the database of beneficiaries under various social security schemes.

The move will be applicable to both formal and informal workers and may also help in curbing duplication of data by keeping imposters at bay, authorities said.

The labour ministry has several social security schemes for both formal and informal workers and most of them are partly contributory.