Government asserted in the Supreme Court that Aadhaar was made mandatory for PAN card to weed out fake PAN cards which were used for terror financing and circulation of blackmoney. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, yesterday, the idea behind bringing Aadhaar was to have a secure and robust system to ensure that the identity of a person cannot be faked. <br/><br/>Rohatgi also said their arguments on privacy and bodily intrusion is bogus and when the state is providing some facility, it is entitled to have identity of the beneficiary. The Attorney General claimed that due to Aadhaar, the Centre has saved over Rs 50,000 crore on the benefit schemes for the poor as well as pension schemes as it has helped in ensuring that the funds from government-run welfare schemes reached the persons who were entitled for it.<br/>'<br/>The bench would continue hearing arguments in the matter today. The apex court was hearing three petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act which was introduced through the latest budget and the Finance Act 2017.<br/><br/>Section 139AA provides for mandatory quoting of Aadhaar or enrolment ID of Aadhaar application form for filing of income tax returns and making application for allotment of PAN number with effect from first of July this year.<br/>'<br/>'<br/>'<br/><br/>