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Parliament Standing Committee Seeks Legal Status for Aadhaar NEW DELHI:   The government has been asked by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to provide a statutory backing to Aadhaar at the earliest and take immediate steps to address issues pertaining to the project. "The committee, therefore, once again reiterates that the government should immediately address the key issues relating to UIDAI and initiate measures for early legislation on the subject," said the panel headed by senior Congress leader and former union minister M Veerappa Moily. It noted that the reply of the Planning Ministry on the pending legislation on UIDAI has been repetitive. In its reply to the panel, the Planning Ministry said, "In view of the recent steps taken by the government to universalise Aadhaar enrolments and to utilise it for several service delivery initiatives, the government recognises that there is an urgent requirement to pass the bill. Further steps, tha