NRIs with Indian passports to get Aadhaar on arrival

According to the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, an NRI  who have resided in India for a period of 182 days or more in 12 months and with an Indian address could apply for Aadhaar. 

However, as per the Aadhaar Act, NRIs are fully exempted to produce Aadhaar for any verification. NRIs were not eligible for Aadhaar card if they had not stayed for 182 days or more in the last 12 months, preceding the date of application, as per previous rule. 

Several leading Non-Resident Indians and businessmen in the Gulf region Friday welcomed India’s Union Budget for 2019-20 and listed rural electrification, agricultural, support to start-ups, women entrepreneurship and reduction of corporate tax as the major takeaways. 

Yusuff Ali MA, Chairman of UAE-based Lulu Group, said the first budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term in office has very efficiently covered almost all critical sectors which will surely boost India’s march towards becoming a USD 5 trillion economy.  

“The key takeaways for me in this maiden budget are the stress given to rural and agricultural development, women entrepreneurship and making India the global education hub of excellence,” he said. India’s biggest asset has always been its young human resource and the measures taken in the fields of research and education will surely go a long way in boosting start-ups in various fields and across all economic segments, Ali said.