SC agrees to hear Centre's plea on Aadhaar card

"Keeping in mind the objectives for which the DBTL scheme has been launched and implemented and the absolute necessity of the Aadhaar card to ensure its successful implementation, this court may be pleased to clarify or modify its order dated 23.09.2013 to state that while no one may be denied domestic LPG cylinders at market rates in the absence of Aadhaar cards, the Aadhaar card may be allowed to be mandatorily sought by the MOPNG to make subsidy payments to those entitled to the same under the DBTL scheme with a view to eliminate diversion of subsidised cylinders into black market," the application said.

The ministry said that its DBTL scheme, launched on June 1 this year, was currently in operation in 54 districts and it "mandatorily requires the beneficiary to possess a Unique Identification for receiving subsidy".