While the concerns of the privileged class due to the mandatory linking has been addressed by the apex court, much greater hardships endured by poor people are ignored, RFC said
The recent Supreme Court order on Aadhaar, extending the deadline of Aadhaar linking to bank accounts, phone numbers has been hailed on the social media. But the order has “deeply disappointed” the Right to Food Campaign.
“The Right to Food Campaign is deeply disappointed by the 13 March 2018 Supreme Court order which extends the deadline for Aadhaar linking of facilities such as bank accounts and SIM cards, but permits the continued imposition of Aadhaar on social services and entitlements such as the Public Distribution System (PDS), the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and social security pensions,” the RFC noted in a media release.
The order, according to them, perpetuates a long-standing double standard. While the concerns of the privileged class due to the mandatory linking has been addressed by the apex court, much greater hardships endured by poor people are ignored, RFC said.
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