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Aadhaar not mandatory to apply for passport

Posted on: 11/Dec/2014 9:50:32 AM
Having an Aadhaar card is not going to be a pre-requisite to applying for a passport, at least not in near future.
 
The government on Wednesday clarified that it was not considering making submission of Aadhaar cards mandatory for applying for passports. It also made it clear that no proposal was being considered for waiving of the requirement of police verification for issuance of passports.
 
“There is no proposal to discontinue police verification for issuing of passports by making submission of Aadhaar cards mandatory,” V K Singh, minister of state (external affairs), informed in his written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.