Finance secy appeals states to optimise Aadhaar use within legal framework

Finance Secretary T V Somanathan on Wednesday appealed states and Union Territories to optimise use of Aadhaar within the existing legal framework for improving delivery of services to people.

While speaking at a workshop organised by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Somanathan said Indians must be proud of the fact that Aadhaar was created by India, not copied from the western world.

He said that everybody shares a social security number in the United States and it is not a state secret there.