10 Facts About Aadhar

Aadhar was given the newly created position of Chairman of the UIDAI, which was equivalent in rank to a Cabinet minister.

Aadhar's responsibilities were taken over by 1981-batch IAS officer Vijay Madan, who was given an extension of his term as the director-general and mission director by the government.

Aadhar asked them to examine the possibility of offering incentives to the states to increase participation in the project, through a one-time sharing of a portion of the savings.

Aadhar pointed out that the government was obscuring the security aspects of Aadhaar and focusing on the social benefit schemes.

Aadhar quoted a former chief of the Intelligence Bureau Ajit Doval, who had said that originally Aadhaar aimed to weed out illegal aliens.

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Aadhar pointed out that essential schemes like the National Food Security Act, 2013, was being linked to the UIDAI.

Aadhar stated that the feasibility of a project of this size had not been studied and raised concerns about the quality of the biometric data being collected.

Aadhar cited statements of another researcher, Usha Ramanathan, that the UIDAI would ultimately have to become profit-making to sustain itself.

Aadhar's argued that the seemingly large benefits were based 'almost entirely on unrealistic assumptions' and outdated data.

Aadhar was able to exploit the Aadhaar app before detection for six months, between January and July 2017.