The HRD Ministry official was responding to the Cabinet Secretariat’s directive in November.
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has expressed concern over the Centre’s push to link the Aadhaar number with subsidy schemes related to school education.
In a recent inter-ministerial meeting, the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL), under the HRD Ministry, said the decision to use the Aadhaar number as an identification document for receiving benefits under various school-related schemes needs more deliberation.
“As the schemes are huge, impacting education of children across the country, the matter has to be examined in greater detail,” Maneesh Garg, Joint Secretary, DSEL, said, according to the minutes of the meeting held on December 23.
The meeting was chaired by Dr. A.R. Sihag, Secretary (Co-ordination and Public Grievances) at the Cabinet Secretariat.
The HRD Ministry official was responding to the Cabinet Secretariat’s directive in November, asking all the Ministries to issue notification under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, which makes the use of Aadhaar “an identifier for delivery of various subsidies or benefits or schemes” to beneficiaries.
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