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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has affirmed that no Aadhaar numbers have been cancelled, despite ongoing efforts to keep the Aadhaar database updated, as per a PTI report..
The authority regularly issues intimations to Aadhaar number holders to ensure the accuracy of the database, which is crucial for availing subsidies, benefits, and services, it said..
The clarification comes on the back of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleging that Aadhaar cards of 50 citizens at Jamalpur in Purba Bardhaman district and several others in Birbhum, North and South 24 Parganas as well as in North Bengal seem to have been "delinked"..
CM Banerjee raised concerns on February 18 (Sunday), accusing the BJP-led central government of deactivating Aadhaar cards in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, and said the alleged deactivation is aimed at preventing people from benefiting from social welfare schemes..
Despite the allegations, she also assured the people of Bengal that they will not be deprived of benefits, even if their Aadhaar cards are inactive and said she is committed to continuing state-run welfare programs for citizens..
