Linking Aadhar With Voter’s Id Card: Implications & Challenges

The expansion of Aadhaar ecosystem has revolutionized and upgraded the identification processes. It has led to significant cost savings, improved transparency and service delivery, curbing leakages and promoted efficiency and productivity.

A total of 99.7% of India's adult population has already been enrolled in Aadhaar.

• For leveraging the multiple benefits of the Aadhaar, the Election Commission of India had recommended linking of Aadhaar with the Electoral Id Card with an aim to prevent duplicity of names in the voter list. The proposal was first mooted in March 2015. Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 has paved the way for linking of Aadhaar Card ....