The Aadhaar card angst continues to dog people, pensioners especially. A rule mandating that Aadhaar be linked to pension accounts has threatened the very livelihood of senior citizens.

There are numerous issues to iron out, like technical failures in linking Aadhaar to the pension accounts, or fingerprints not registering on the scanners, which have resulted in the pensions of many being stopped. A number of seniors say that their pensions have stopped because their Aadhaar card has not been linked. One senior’s pension had been stopped because her fingerprints were not registered with the biometric system.