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According to experts, some Chinese app-based and e-commerce players are misusing a rule in the foreign trade law of India under which import of products worth up to ₹ 5,000 is permitted as gift and is exempt from customs duties.

The suggested amendments to the Aadhaar Act, which will be placed before Parliament, will give UIDAI more powers to crackdown on violation

Most banks have started mentioning on their websites that providing Aadhaar-OTP for know-your-customer (KYC) is now optional.

The move comes within a few days of the Supreme Court barring private companies from seeking Aadhaar data.

The Supreme Court has made Aadhaar mandatory for welfare schemes excluding those for kids. The biometric ID is not needed for mobile numbers and bank accounts.

Here's a complete list of services where you need Aadhaar card and where you don't need Aadhaar card as per the Supreme Court judgement declared today.

Your Aadhaar address updation request will be rejected if you don't follow these UIDAI instructions which include updating the right address proof as well as ensuring that the transliteration of address is correct in local language

Although experts have clarified that the uploading of a contact number, that too from UIDAI, doesn't cause harm, yet the issue has reignited the debate over the security of data of Aadhaar cardholders

UIDAI, which has already warned that you must not post your Aadhaar number on social media platforms, also says that only the Aadhaar card-holder has the right to generate his or her Virtual ID

Your Virtual Aadhaar ID number doesn't have an expiry date and remains valid till the time a new one is generated by you.