AADHAAR LAW

The decision to make Aadhaar must for opening bank accounts as well as for transactions above `50,000 creates doubt whether the move is for promoting Aadhaar or for controlling money laundering (Aadhaar is must for new bank a/cs, June 17). Demonetisation caused severe misery and even today many ATMs and banks are short of cash. Raghunadha Rao K. Hyderabad One fails to understand the reason for providing Aadhaar for existing bank accounts as the PAN number which is now compulsory for all accounts is linked to the Aadhaar number. Yogeshwar Pratap Hyderabad