Providing Aadhaar details for 'parivar pehchan patra' purely voluntary: Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said providing Aadhaar details to government officials for preparing family identification cards in the state would be "purely voluntary".

Giving Aadhaar details is purely voluntary and not mandatory, said Khattar, replying to a question in a news conference here while launching a new 'Parivar Pehchan Patra" portal.

The 'Parivar Pehchan Patra' (family identification cards) are being prepared by the state to ensure automatic delivery of various services to the beneficiary citizens.

These cards would be prepared for both joint and nuclear families with a 14-digit identification number allocated to each family.

At present, there are about 55 lakh families in the state, having a population of over 2.5 crore. All families in the state are to be covered under the 'Parivar Pehchan Patra' scheme.

The state's Department of Planning is implementing the scheme as its nodal agency.

Khattar also sought to assure people that the family data ...