Government is looking forward to make it mandatory for the telecom service providers to take fingerprint or any other biometric feature of the subscriber when he/she applies for a mobile connection in future.
As per the suggestions of Ministry of Home Affairs the Department of Telecom (DoT) may need to maintain a central database of all subscribers with bio-metric parameters similar to the Aadhaar. The final decision is still due.
Govt. mulls making fingerprints compulsory for new SIM cards subscribers
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs