We are bombarded with advertisements about submitting Aaadhaar card
details to banks and LPG distributors to avail of the LPG subsidy.
But when we applied for Aadhaar cards, most of us checked the box which said "I want to link my existing Bank A/c to Aadhaar and I have no objection on this issue" and submitted our bank account number. What is preventing UIADI from linking the Aadhaar number and the bank account number itself? Why is it asking us to personally hand over a xerox of our Aadhaar card to the bank?
Similarly we are being asked to hand over personally a xerox of the Aadhaar card to the LPG distributors. But a simple e-application is available at here
which does the same job without having to personally visit the LPG distributor. Why is there silence on this application form?
The reason for this letter is that it takes half a day, some times a
whole day, to vist the bank and the LPG distributor and complete the formalities. It is the purpose of Aadhaar to prevent such hassles. But for some reason UIDAI is forgetting this. It is like having e-mail facility, but instead of using it, taking a printout of the e-mail and sending it by post!
M.A.Sridhar, Mysore Grahakara Parishat