Mobile phones connections through Aadhaar to stay

NEW DELHI:

Mobile phone connections that were issued on the basis of Aadhaar documents will not be disconnected, the government said on Thursday, rubbishing news reports that 50 crore numbers, almost half of the phones in India, were at the risk of disconnection. These reports are “completely untrue and imaginary”, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the department of telecommunications (DOT) said in a joint statement. “The Supreme Court in its judgement in Aadhaar case has nowhere directed that the mobile number which has been issued through Aadhaar eKYC has to be disconnected... There is absolutely no reason for panic or fear at all. People should not believe in such rumours,” it said.