Why not an “ Option Plan “ for users ?

To day’s Business line carries following news report :

UIDAI asks telecom firms to submit action plan on delinking Aadhaar

Extract :

All telecom service providers (TSPs) are called upon to immediately take action in order to comply with the judgment dated September 26 (of the Supreme Court).

In this regard, TSPs are directed to submit by October 15, an action plan / exit plan to the Authority for closure of use of Aadhaar-based authentication systems which shall include without limitation, the aspects enumerated under regulations 23 (2) of the Aadhaar (Authentication) Regulation, 2016,” the Authority wrote.

Fresh KYC

If the Authority does not receive any communication to this effect within the stipulated time-line, the authentication services will be terminated without any further notice, it said.

The Authority has also said that all TSPs should take immediate action to de-link Aadhaar from mobile number, as and when such requests are received from its subscribers ;

the service providers can take appropriate action to obtain fresh KYC, as per the Department of Telecom approved list of proof of identity and proof of address.

De-linking facility

“All TSPs shall immediately notify their customers the facility of de-linking their Aadhaar number and UID token from their database and establish a system to accept and process such requests for de-linking. The process of de-linking should form the part of exit plan,” it added.

This would mean that the industry will have to revert to alternatives like legacy paper-based technique (collect physical paper forms with signature, photographs, ship to verification centre and call up the customer to cross-verify submitted details).

The process is expected to take 24-36 hours

While asking for an “ ACTION PLAN “ from the TSPs , how come the Authority [ UIDAI  ] is silent re: an “ OPTION PLAN “ for the mobile users ?

Dear Shri Ajay Bhushan Pandeyji ,

UIDAI has the mobile numbers of all the One Billion mobile users

To clarify the matter and to make their life hassle-free , I urge you to send out the following SMS to them :

Dear Mobile User,

You have an OPTION to send an SMS to your mobile service provider as follows :

“Dear Mobile Service Provider ,

I have neither the time , nor the energy , nor the money , to offer an ALTERNATIVE ID for a fresh physical / manual KYC , for my mobile connection

I have no quarrel with your continuing to use my earlier e-KYC based on my Aadhar ID

I have no objection to your keeping my Aadhar e-KYC data in your database , as long as I continue using your service “

Yours Sincerely  [  My Mobile No is :…………………….. / My Aadhar ID is :…………………………….. ]

I think UIDAI authority read my following email , only selectively / partially :

Aadhar Data Delete ? Simple Solution  [  30  Sept  2018  ]

Now , the TSPs may not want to wait for :

“as and when such requests are received from its subscribers “

  

They may want to preempt any such request by sending out emails as suggested in my above-mentioned blog / email !

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02  Oct  2018

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