Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, reiterated his government's stand that Aadhaar data was safe. Flaunting his Aadhaar card, the minister sought to debunk some myths surrounding the biometrics-embedded identity document.

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad's defence of the Aadhaar card comes days after Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman R S Sharma put out his Aadhaar number on Twitter. Sharma later went into a stunned silence on its vulnerability after some ethical hackers posted details of his mobile number and bank account linked with the Aadhaar number.