The Pravasi Coordination Committee has urged the Centre to bring clarity on the need for Aadhaar card for NRIs. Attakkoya Pallikkandy, chairman of the committee, told The Hindu that the Centre had earlier said Aadhaar was not mandatory for Pravasis. He said that, as of now, Pravasis needed to stay in India for 182 days continuously in order to apply for Aadhaar card. While the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) officials in Kerala had reiterated this stand, several agencies the Pravasis interacted frequently were insisting on Aadhaar. Mr. Pallikkandy wanted the government to either make it very clear that Aadhaar was not mandatory for Pravasis or relax the rules for them to get the card.
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