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Needed to get one for my passport. At that point, in 2017, it "wasn't required" but the state bureaucracy made it clear I wasn't getting it without my Aadhar card.

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I got mine renewed without Aadhaar. Took 15 extra minutes, but it happened. That too at a tier 2 city (Dehradun).

Renewals, from what I heard, were difficult to hinder since you already had an official state issued document.

I got my passport in 2015 without one. Was surprisingly asked no questions about the lack of one.

The Aadhaar Act, 2016 is what gave the Aadhaar system it's teeth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar_Act,_2016

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