<p>Aadhaar is casting its web wider with the government now making the unique identification number mandatory for anganwadi workers for drawing their honorarium.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The workers, who are government’s frontline warriors in fighting malnutrition and child hunger, will face hurdles from April if they are not Aadhaar enrolled. <br /><br />Also, women and children who are availing supplementary nutrition programme under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) also need to have Aadhaar by April 2018.<br /><br />Despite objections from a section of activists and concerns raised over security of bio-metrics collected, the government is continuing with extending the Aadhaar to PDS and cooking gas.<br /></p>
<p>Aadhaar is casting its web wider with the government now making the unique identification number mandatory for anganwadi workers for drawing their honorarium.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The workers, who are government’s frontline warriors in fighting malnutrition and child hunger, will face hurdles from April if they are not Aadhaar enrolled. <br /><br />Also, women and children who are availing supplementary nutrition programme under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) also need to have Aadhaar by April 2018.<br /><br />Despite objections from a section of activists and concerns raised over security of bio-metrics collected, the government is continuing with extending the Aadhaar to PDS and cooking gas.<br /></p>
