The government's denial came in response to a parliamentary question about the rising instances of financial frauds associated with the Aadhaar enabled Payment Systems.
In April this year, the UIDAI announced its partnership with IIT-Bombay, to develop a touchless biometric capture system for fingerprint authentication.
Civil society organizations Rethink Aadhaar, Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), Access Now, and Article 21 wrote to the IT Ministry over concerns about the proposed...