[Experts said this move is a violation of the Supreme Court order on Aadhaar. "The Supreme Court has been crystal clear on the Aadhaar number being voluntary for now," said Supreme Court lawyer Pavan Duggal. "So this would be a violation of the apex court's order and could be a fit case for contempt of court. This would also infringe on citizens' right to equality, as it would discriminate against people who don't have Aadhaar numbers yet.]
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/modi-government-makes-aadhaar-number-compulsory-for-budding-entrepreneurs-to-register-new-business/articleshow/49460183.cms Modi government makes Aadhaar number compulsory for budding entrepreneurs to register new business By Vikas Dhoot, ET Bureau | 20 Oct, 2015, 08.32AM IST NEW DELHI: Even though the Supreme Court has only allowed Aadhar to be used 'voluntarily' for a few social welfare schemes, the Modi government has made it compulsory for any budding entrepreneur to submit her or his Aadhaar number in order to register a new business. In fact, aspiring startups can't even 'fill' a new online form for registering new enterprises introduced last month unless the Aadhaar credentials of their promoters (sought in the first column of the form) are validated online. The ministry for micro, small and medium enterprises had last month notified Udyog Aadhaar, taking a cue from the prime minister's radio show Mann Ki Baat, where he had talked about simplifying procedures to start a business with a single-page registration form. ***Experts said this move is a violation of the Supreme Court order on Aadhaar. "The Supreme Court has been crystal clear on the Aadhaar number being voluntary for now," said Supreme Court lawyer Pavan Duggal. "So this would be a violation of the apex court's order and could be a fit case for contempt of court. This would also infringe on citizens' right to equality, as it would discriminate against people who don't have Aadhaar numbers yet."*** [Emphasis added.] Detailed queries sent to the government on Friday elicited no response till the time of going to press. Dhiraj Mathur, partner (tax and regulatory) at PwC said Aadhaar is essential to check leakages in subsidies and benefits paid out of taxpayer money, but it would not be correct to make it mandatory for starting a business unless the unique identification programme has not achieved full 'coverage' or enrolments. Industry representatives didn't want to comment on the matter, though they said they will take it up for internal discussions. Snipped -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
