September 15,2020 : Soon, Aadhar will be linked to one’s driver’s licence, said Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The minister didn’t give a time frame to link the unique identification number with driver’s licences.
His comment though comes even as the Supreme Court has yet to rule on whether Aadhaar violates privacy, something it plans to do in November.
Before ruling on Aadhaar and privacy, the apex court took up the issue of whether privacy is a fundamental right, and last month ruled that it indeed is.
“We are planning to link driving licence to Aadhaar. I have had a word with (Union minister Nitin) Gadkari Ji regarding this,” said Prasad on Friday at the at Digital Haryana Summit 2017.
“So digital identity confirms physical identity with the help of digital technology,” the minister elaborated.
The minister further said “PAN was linked to Aadhaar to stop money laundering”.
