81 lakh Aadhaar numbers deactivated
Not even a month after cancelling over 11 lakh PANs on account of multiple issuances, around 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), The minister of state for electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary revealed this in Rajya Sabha. The cancellations were done under sections 27 and 28 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016.