<p class="title">The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Thursday said that e-KYC system to register customers using Aadhaar have been stopped following the Supreme Court judgement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This means that mobile service providers and other private entities cannot ask for Aadhaar for customer registration. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The DoT is likely to come out with an alternative for digital verification e-KYC soon, said an official in the DOT.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Telecom operators need to go back to the old method of subscriber registration or there can be another way for eKYC, said an official. </p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will meet UIDAI, law ministry official and telecom service providers (TSPs) to make sure we are in compliance with the SC order and to see a way forward. eKYC using Aadhaar has been stopped by (the) Supreme Court," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the telecom industry sources said that since all telecom operators have moved completely to e-Know Your Customer system to verify customers using Aadhaar, it will be very challenging to them to acquire new customers in absence of the system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The apex court while holding Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid struck down section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, permitting private entities to avail Aadhaar data.</p>
<p class="title">The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Thursday said that e-KYC system to register customers using Aadhaar have been stopped following the Supreme Court judgement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This means that mobile service providers and other private entities cannot ask for Aadhaar for customer registration. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The DoT is likely to come out with an alternative for digital verification e-KYC soon, said an official in the DOT.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Telecom operators need to go back to the old method of subscriber registration or there can be another way for eKYC, said an official. </p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will meet UIDAI, law ministry official and telecom service providers (TSPs) to make sure we are in compliance with the SC order and to see a way forward. eKYC using Aadhaar has been stopped by (the) Supreme Court," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the telecom industry sources said that since all telecom operators have moved completely to e-Know Your Customer system to verify customers using Aadhaar, it will be very challenging to them to acquire new customers in absence of the system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The apex court while holding Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid struck down section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, permitting private entities to avail Aadhaar data.</p>
