Aadhaar Validity

Question 1

Was the Adhaar Act 2016, a Money bill or ordinary bill ?

Answer 1

Money bill

Question 2

Is there any Data Privacy Law in India ?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

What kind of information does Adhar mandatorily have ?

Answer 3

Biometric and Demographic

Question 4

What was the fear regarding misuse of Aadhaar information ?

Answer 4

1. State surveillance

2. Commercial entities’ misuse

Question 5

Is Aadhaar required for welfare schemes ?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

Is Aadhaar required for Income Tax Returns ?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

Does Aadhaar card mandatory for bank accounts ?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

Is Aadhaar card required for SIM cards ?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Is Aadhaar card required for private companies ?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Does Aadhaar card need to be linked to PAN cards ?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Is Aadhaar card required for school admissions ?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

Is Aadhaar card required for NEET, UGC, CBSE ?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

Aadhaar Act, section 33(1) allows disclosure of information to which courts ?

Answer 13

Not lower than District Court

Question 14

What kind of information can be revealed to courts in Aadhar Act section 33(1) ?

Answer 14

Identity and Authentication Records

Question 15

What interest does Section 33(2) of Aadhaar Act allow information to be disclosed ?

Answer 15

National Security

Question 16

On who’s order does Section 33(2) of Aadhaar Act allow information to be disclosed to ?

Answer 16

Officer, not below Joint Secretary

Question 17

Which portion of Section 57 of Aadhaar act is said to be unconstitutional ?

Answer 17

Which allows corporate bodies and individuals to seek authentication

Question 18

What could citizens do now that Section 47 is struck down ?

Answer 18

File complaints for data theft

Question 19

Who had the sole right to file data theft complains before ?

Answer 19

UIDAI

Question 20

Regulation 27(1) was struck down reducing storage period from 5 years to ?

Answer 20

6 months

Question 21

What Amendment was done to Regulation 26 ?

Answer 21

Making Database of transaction is impermissible

Question 22

What does the Amendment of Regulation 26 do ?

Answer 22

Prevent fake profiling of Aadhaar holder

Question 23

In 2017, the amendment to which rule making linking of Aadhaar card to financial transactions mandatory failed proportionality test because of being unconstitutional ?

Answer 23

Rule 9 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2005

Question 24

Is the right to be forgotten granted ?

Answer 24

No, it is not clear whether banks and mobile companies will have to delete the data

Question 25

What did the court say about Aadhaar’s role in education admissions ?

Answer 25

Admission is neither a service nor subsidy

Question 26

Which section allowed Aadhaar to be a Money bill and allowed for subsidy of Aadhaar based authentication ?

Answer 26

Section 7

Question 27

Where would the money be withdrawn from ?

Answer 27

Consolidated Fund of India

Question 28

What does Section 59 say ?

Answer 28

Validates Aadhaar enrollment prior to Aadhaar Act 2016.

Question 29

Why was Section 59 say ?

Answer 29

Enrollment was voluntary and so people can exit from the scheme

Question 30

What is the Triple test ?

Answer 30

It determines the reasonableness of invading privacy

Question 31

What are the 3 tests ?

Answer 31

1. Existence of Law
2. Legitimate State Interest
3. Test of Proportionality

Question 32

What are the challenges to Aadhaar in Fintech companies ?

Answer 32

Impersonation is a high risk issue there

Question 33

How can Aadhaar potentially harm poor people instead of help them ?

Answer 33

Technical issues in authentication

Question 34

Which committee provided recommendations to provide privacy ?

Answer 34

Justice Srikrishna Committee

Question 35

What is the issue of Aadhaar being a single identifier ?

Answer 35

Allows government officials to profile individuals