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Now get mobile connection, open bank account without Aadhaar as Rajya Sabha passes Bill

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Rajya Sabha on Monday passed Aadhaar and Other Laws Amendment Bill, 2019, which was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad on June 24, 2019. The new bill replaces an Ordinance promulgated on March 2, 2019.   The passage of the Bill means that people will now be able to open bank accounts and get new mobile connection without showing their Aadhaar card. During the debate on the Bill in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that people like Bill Gates and Thomas Friedman are appreciating Aadhar. He assured that House that the government is not going to change the architecture of Aadhaar and is focused on only changing the concerned law. View image on Twitter ANI ✔ @ANI Union Minister RS Prasad on Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha: People like Bill Gates & Thomas Friedman are appreciating Aadhar. We are not touching the architecture of Aad