Modi says No to Vajpayee legacy - Smart Card - yes to Aadhaar

摘要

The recent PMO's directive to Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), to stop issuing new smart cards for government welfare schemes and link all such schemes with Aadhaar, has come as a rude shock to the Indian smart card industry. The industry is already feeling demand-crunch due to no new smart card enabled government project during past 2/3 years and uncertain, whimsical and flip-flop government policies.