NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Government will remain open to any suggestions for improving the privacy framework surrounding Aadhaar.
Jaitley further said that the issue of ‘right to privacy’ was “hopefully” settled by the Supreme Court judgement.
Speaking at a book launch event, the Finance Minister said, “I think if tomorrow you have a situation where either the court or somebody in public domain or Parliament suggests ways and means of strengthening that privacy as technologies evolve for further securing them…, this is something which is not adversarial at all.”
“And therefore no Government of the day should ever look at it from an adversarial point of view,” Jaitley said.
The Minister said that Aadhaar was an evolving idea and he is “quite certain” that the last word on Aadhaar hasn’t been said as yet.
The Government would always remain open for any further improvements which strengthen Aadhar, he said. (AGENCIES)
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