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Assam to Halt New Aadhaar for Adults From October, With Limited Exemptions

Officials cast the curb as a border-control safeguard, routing any rare adult approvals through district commissioners after security and tribunal checks.

Himanta Biswa Sarma
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Overview

  • Following a cabinet decision, first-time enrolment for those 18 and older stops on October 1, with a final application window open only from September 1–30.
  • A one-year exemption applies to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and tea garden communities, cited as having about 96% coverage versus 102–103% overall.
  • After September, new adult enrolments will be allowed only in the rarest cases subject to a district commissioner’s approval based on Special Branch and Foreigners’ Tribunal inputs.
  • Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma links the move to curbing illegal entry from Bangladesh and preventing use of Aadhaar to claim entitlements or bolster citizenship claims.
  • Legal observers note Aadhaar is administered nationally by UIDAI and is not proof of citizenship, raising questions over a state’s authority to curtail enrolment.