{"id":56890,"date":"2019-07-25T12:31:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T07:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56890"},"modified":"2019-07-25T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T07:01:44","slug":"cabinet-approves-official-amendments-to-aadhaar-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cabinet-approves-official-amendments-to-aadhaar-bill","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves official amendments to Aadhaar bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talking to reporters here, Information &amp; Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that Aadhaar can now be used for identification for distributing state subsidies as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"163\" data-attachment-id=\"56891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cabinet-approves-official-amendments-to-aadhaar-bill\/download-13-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpg?fit=310%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"310,163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download (13)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpg?fit=310%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56891\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpg?resize=310%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpg?w=310&amp;ssl=1 310w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpg?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-13.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>The minister said that many states had requested for measures to use Aadhaar in their schemes.<\/p>\n<p>He asserted that the 128 crore people in the country have been issued Aadhaar cards. Through this the states will be able to disburse subsidies to the needy &amp; curb fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talking to reporters here, Information &amp; Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said that Aadhaar can now be used for identification for distributing state subsidies as well. The minister said that many states had requested for measures to use Aadhaar in their schemes. 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