Guwahati, Aug. 22 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that people above 18 years of age will not get first-time Aadhaar cards in the State as a precautionary measure to check illegal immigrants from getting Indian citizenship.
Only a one-month window from September 1 will be given to them to apply for an Aadhaar card if anyone has not got the document yet, he told reporters after a Cabinet meeting here.
First-time Aadhaar cards will no longer be issued to individuals above 18 years of age from October onwards, barring a section of people. Tea Tribes, SC and ST people above 18 years of age will continue to receive Aadhaar cards for the next one year, Sarma clarified.
According to the Unique Identification Aut...