Good idea. The flip side is the AADHAR project itself is not progressing as expected. Awareness about AADHAR card as an acceptable identity proof has also not penetrated deep. A month back, the India Post messenger did not accept AADHAR card as identity proof for delivering a speedpost article(my wife’s renewed passport) in Thiruvananthapuram. He was happy to have a look at the bank pass book, instead. While on the issue of ID proof, let me quote a message sent to several newspapers last week, which was not found ‘printable’ for reasons best known to them: “Several cases of unauthorized use of credit/debit card are being reported in the media. The Railways are insisting on photo-ID with tickets booked through internet. Such a procedure, if insisted when credit/debit cards are used in shops and establishments other than banks and ATMs may reduce fraudulent use of credit/debit cards. When a genuine user is not carrying ID proof while shopping, taking a photo (charging a nominal fee) on a mobile will work as a deterrent against misuse.”
- M.G.Warrier
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