The Central government’s doublespeak on Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique biometrics-linked identification number, continues. Despite the five-judge constitutional bench of Supreme Court barring the use of Aadhaar for commercial purposes, the government is amending several laws like the Aadhaar Act, Indian Telegraph Act and Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to bring back the validity of mandating or using Aadhaar for various purposes. On Wednesday, Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister of law and justice, introduced Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act 2018, in the Lok Sabha.
— source moneylife.in | 02 Jan 2019