MeitY withdraws advisory on Aadhaar Card photocopy

New Delhi/ Bengaluru: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) withdrew on Sunday a circular issued by a regional office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) asking people to not share photocopies of their Aadhaar cards.

According to government sources, the Bengaluru office of the UIDAI had received some complaints that the Aadhar number along with details such as the address of the Aadhaar cardholders was being photoshopped and misused. To alert people about the same, the Bengaluru office “issued the circular without much thought about the possible pros and cons of the notification”, a senior government official said.