Parrikar says Aadhar mandatory for online certificates

New Delhi, May 17: Nowadays Aadhar card is playing vital role in our life, from this perspective it is mandatory for govt issued certificates.

While going to matter, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday that Aadhar card is mandatory to apply for government-issued certificates online through a newly launched government portal.

Addressing the meeting here in after launching a new revenue department website, which facilitates online procurement of residence and income certificates and registration of property, Parrikar said those without an Aadhar card will have to apply for the documents in person.

Parikkar said that in a statement "I am not denying the right to obtain certificates. They still have a right to obtain but this particular facility will not be available to them because they cannot identify themselves online.

"They will have to come personally and identify.The Supreme Court is very clear. It says you cannot deny a person if he does not have an Aadhar card. But this particular facility cannot be availed because they cannot get identification," Parrikar added.