The government has dropped the plan to pre-install the Aadhaar app on smartphones. The decision was taken after consulting industry stakeholders. The Ministry of Information Technology was not in favour of the idea proposed by UIDAI

The government has dropped the plan to pre-install the Aadhaar app on smartphones. The decision was taken after consulting industry stakeholders.

The Ministry of Information Technology was not in favour of the idea proposed by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), according to a report by Reuters.

In January this year, the UIDAI had proposed to the ministry the pre-installation of the biometric identification application on smartphones.

The proposal was opposed by smartphone makers and the electronics industry due to potential security issues and a rise in production costs for devices to be sold in India.