The Lok Sabha has passed the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. The Bill is aimed at giving statutory backing for transferring government subsidies and benefits to targeted people. It also lays down a regulatory framework to protect core biometric information of Aadhaar cardholders from any unauthorised disclosure or sharing.<br/><br/>Replying to a debate on the Bill Friday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, the primary focus of the Bill is to make presentation of Aadhaar card mandatory for entitlement of government subsidies.