{"id":2182,"date":"2024-04-25T04:33:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2024-04-25T04:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:03:51","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-98","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Aadhaar metadata\u00a0cannot be stored<\/strong>\u00a0for more than three months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. State cannot enter into any contract with private corporations for sharing Aadhaar data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Aadhaar is\u00a0mandatory for obtaining insurance products<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Aadhaar is mandatory for getting benefits funded out of the Consolidated Fund of India.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (b) 2 and 4 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Supreme Court had ruled that Aadhaar metadata cannot be stored for\u00a0more than six months.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Supreme Court struck down part of\u00a0section 57<\/strong>\u00a0which allowed providing private corporations to verify Aadhaar data as unconstitutional.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The same 2018 judgement also held\u00a0making that Aadhaar mandatory for other services apart from welfare schemes as unconstitutional.<\/strong>\u00a0Subsequently, IRDAI issued an advisory in January 2019 that clarified that\u00a0Aadhaar is not mandatory for obtaining insurance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Supreme court in the Aadhaar verdict had defined the welfare schemes as those funded from the consolidated fund of India. And it upheld the validity of\u00a0Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act which states that Central or State Governments can make possession of an Aadhaar number or Aadhaar authentication mandatory for receipt of subsidies, benefits or services funded out of the Consolidated Fund of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        Supreme court\u2019s observations regarding the constitutional validity of Aadhaar<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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        • 2018 SC judgement:\u00a0<\/strong>The Supreme Court, in a constitution bench, upheld the constitutional validity of The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits, and Services) Act 2016\n
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          • The Court has determined that the design and regulations of Aadhaar do not establish a\u00a0surveillance state<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The Court has decided that the Aadhaar Act satisfies the criteria established in the\u00a0privacy ruling\u00a0<\/strong>to evaluate the reasonableness of any intrusion on privacy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The Court upheld the decision of the Lok Sabha Speaker to classify the Aadhaar Act as a\u00a0Money Bill<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The Supreme Court has upheld the use of Aadhaar for government services by applying the\u00a0doctrine of proportionality.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The Supreme Court has upheld the requirement of\u00a0linking Aadhaar to PAN<\/strong>\u00a0and submitting Aadhaar information while filing income-tax returns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • For the registration of children under the Aadhaar Act, it is necessary to obtain the\u00a0consent of their parents<\/strong>\u00a0or guardian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n