India, Aug. 6 -- NEW DELHI

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Tuesday approved the Delhi government's proposal to make Aadhaar ID numbers mandatory to issue income certificates, which is crucial to avail of financial benefits from state-run welfare schemes, officials aware of the matter said. This will curb misuse of benefits and ensure subsidies reach intended beneficiaries, they said.

A senior official of the LG secretariat said that Saxena cleared the revenue department's proposal for notifying the service of "issuance of income certificate" under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.

"This provision allows the state or central government to mandate Aadhaar authentication to establish the identity of individuals receiving subsidies or s...