Refused Aadhaar nine times, farmer at wit’s end

Parvesh  Sharma

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, January 11

A farmer from Sangrur's Janal village has been running from pillar to post since 2011 to get an Aadhaar card. He has applied nine times at various places, including Dirba, Sangrur and even Tohana. Banks are now threatening to freeze his accounts and he could lose the gas cylinder subsidy. The LIC, he says, has refused to release his policy amount without the Aadhaar card.

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Making matters worse, Punjab agriculture  cooperative societies0, that supply fertilisers to farmers, have made  Aaadhar  mandatory too. “Each time I have applied for Aadhaar, the response after the mandatory three-month period has been negative. I am never told the reasons for the rejection of my request,” claims Jagtar Singh (47).

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He has all other documents — a voter card, PAN card, ration card and passport. "Last year, when we were to send our daughter Hardeep Kaur (21) to Canada on a study visa, we faced innumerable obstacles. My husband is the only one in the village without an Aadhaar card," his wife Ramanjit Kaur says. Assistant Commissioner (General) Deepjot Kaur said: “Jagtar Singh should contact my office.”