According to the resolution, the decision of the Centre to link Aadhaar with LPG subsidy through DBT scheme would put the common people into tremendous hardship as 85% people in the state do not have the UID number
The West Bengal Assembly has passed a resolution on Aadhaar or the unique identification (UID) number asking the union government to immediately withdraw the decision to link the UID with direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme.
The resolution, moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee, mentioned that only 15% people from West Bengal had received the Aadhaar numbers.
In such a scenario, 85% of the people would not be able to get nine subsidised LPG cylinders as the Centre had linked the Aadhaar to the direct cash transfer to the respective bank accounts, he said.
According to the resolution, the decision of the Centre would put the common people into tremendous hardship.
Leader of the Opposition and CPI(M) member Surya Kanta Mishra supported the resolution moved by the ruling party, saying a lot of issues relating to Aadhaar were still unresolved.
Mishra said that the Centre legally cannot make biometric enrolment mandatory and that the entire process was unscientific as there was a scope for margin of error to the extent of 20%.
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