NRI,Overseas citizens, Indian origin -exempted from Aadhaar linking
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 11:20 PM
Ottawa, Jan 11: In a statement, the Indian high commission in Ottawa said that "a large number of overseas Indians have been making representations about facing difficulty in operating their mobile connections procured in India as the telecom operators are insisting on linking Aadhaar number with the mobile number".
Since NRIs are ineligible for Aadhaar, given its residency requirements, they were unable to comply with this procedure for mobile numbers in India.
Thus, India's department of telecommunications has exempted non-resident Indians (NRIs) and those holding Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards from the mandatory linking of their Aadhaar number to their cellphone connections.