Blood and Urine samples for Aadhaar Card

 

Does the Indian government wish to collect blood and urine samples of its citizens? Well there is no specific answer for it! The Supreme Court while hearing the arguments about aadhaar has expressed concern that the government might seek blood samples in future for obtaining Aadhaar.  And the government’s lawyer has not denied it. “Blood, urine, DNA may be added, but that will be subject to examination by the courts,’’ was the reply of the government’s attorney. There was a clause in the Aadhar act that enables the government to collect `biometric information’ of the citizens. And the word biometric could mean anything from fingerprints to DNA !!!