Resident can unlock Biometrics in 2 ways
Note: In order to permanently unlock Biometrics it takes 6 hours, so might be resident will not be able to Authenticate for next 6 hours.
Aadhaar is a verifiable 12-digit identification number issued by UIDAI to the resident of India for free of cost
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Aadhaar ecosystem comprises of core infrastructures with the objective of providing enrolment, update & authentication services.
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No. Just, by knowing your Aadhaar number, no one can harm you. It’s just like any other identity document such as passport, voter ID, PAN card, ration card, driving license, etc., that you have been using freely for decades with service providers. Aadhaar identity, instead, is instantly verifiable and hence more trusted. Also, as per the Aadhaar Act 2016, the Aadhaar card is required to be verified either by in physical or electronic formby way of authentication or offline verification, or in such other form as may be specified. Verification is done through fingerprint, iris scan, OTP authentication, and QR code etc. Hence, it is near impossible to impersonate you if you use Aadhaar to prove your identity. People have been freely giving other identity documents such as passport, voter ID, PAN card, ration card, driving license, etc. But did they stop using these documents for the fear that somebody would use them to impersonate? No! They continue using them and if any fraud happens, the law enforcement agencies handle them as per law. The same logic will apply to Aadhaar. In fact, Aadhaar is more secure than many other identity documents, because unlike other IDs, Aadhaar is instantly verifiable through biometric and OTP authentication and QR code. Further, under the Aadhaar Act, 2016 stringent penalties, including fines and imprisonment are provided whenever a person misuses your Aadhaar number or tries to cause any harm to you.
Aadhaar authentication can be performed for availing benefits, services and benefits falling under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and if the purpose for which Aadhaar authentication is intended to be used is either backed by law made by parliament or is in the State interest. The verification of Aadhaar can be done offline through QR code available on the physical Aadhaar copy. If any agency does not follow these best practices, then that agency will be fully responsible for situations or losses arising out of possible misuse or impersonation. An Aadhaar holder is not responsible for the wrongful act of or by any agency.
Under the PML Rules Aadhaar is one of the officially valid documents accepted for opening bank account and the bank is required to do other due diligence for banking transaction or KYC. If at all some fraudster tries to open bank account using Aadhaar and bank doensn’t carry any due diligence then in such case an Aadhaar holder cannot be held responsible for bank’s fault. It is just like if some fraudster opens a bank account by presenting someone else’s Voter card/Ration card, it is the bank that would be held responsible not the voter or ration card holder. Till date no Aadhaar holder has suffered any financial loss on account of such misuse.
Just like by merely knowing your bank account number, one cannot withdraw money from your account, similarly by merely knowing your Aadhaar number, no one can withdraw money from Aadhaar linked bank account. As in bank for withdrawing money, your signature, debit card, PIN, OTP, etc., is required, similarly for withdrawing money from your Aadhaar linked bank account through Aadhaar, your fingerprint, IRIS or OTP sent to your Aadhaar registered mobile will be required. No Aadhaar holder has suffered any financial or other loss or identity theft on account of any said misuse or attempted impersonation of Aadhaar. Notably, everyday more than 3 crore Authentications are carried out on the Aadhaar platform. In the last eight years, so far more than 3,012.5 crore authentications (till 28th May 2019) have been successfully done. UIDAI keeps upgrading and reviewing its security systems and safety mechanisms to make Aadhaar more secure and more useable. There has not been a single instance of biometric data breach from Aadhaar database. Therefore, people should freely use and give Aadhaar to prove their identity as and when required under the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.
As per the Supreme Court Judgement in the Aadhaar case (494 of 2012), residents are no longer required to mandatorily verify Bank account with Aadhaar. PAN Aadhaar linking is mandatory. A resident can voluntarily use his Aadhaar number in physical or electronic form by way of authentication or offline verification, or in such other form as may be specified by UIDAI. Mandatory Aadhaar authentication can be performed if the purpose is backed by law or it is in State interest. However, for availing subsidies, benefits, services beneficiaries are required to undergo mandatory Aadhaar authentication. when you link your bank account, demat account, mutual fund account, PAN, etc., with Aadhaar, you secure yourself because no one can impersonate you to avail these services. Often the fraudsters carry out transactions and transfer money from someone else’s account to their accounts and go untraced as they generally submit their fake identities to the bank while opening their accounts. They operate bank accounts in fictitious names/companies and run shell companies’ accounts to carry out money laundering or stash black money. Therefore, when all the bank accounts are verified with Aadhaar then it would not be possible for these unscrupulous elements to go untraced and banking as a whole would become more safe and secure as the identity of each bank account holders is established uniquely beyond doubt through eKYC. As of now 96 crore bank accounts out of total 110 crore accounts have been linked to Aadhaar.
At the same time, you also contribute to serve the vital national interests by making the system rid of bogus, fakes and duplicates who could misuse IDs to evade taxes, siphon off public money, etc. Through use of Aadhaar and other process improvements, the Government has been able to weed out more than 6 crore fakes, duplicates and ghosts beneficiaries and save more than Rs. 90,000 crore of public money. Also, ghost and shell entities and companies used to be created for tax evasion, money laundering, terror financing, etc. Verification of identity through Aadhaar has helped curb these practices. Similarly, use of Aadhaar has checked unscrupulous elements that used to resort to impersonation in various examination and tests for college admission and jobs, etc., and thereby denying the genuine candidates of their rightful dues. There are number of other areas where verification of identity through Aadhaar has brought in fairness and transparency in the system.
Mask Aadhaar option allows you to mask your Aadhaar number in your downloaded e-Aadhaar. Masked Aadhaar number implies replacing of first 8 digits of Aadhaar number with some characters like “xxxx-xxxx” while only last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Number are visible.
As per Aadhaar Act, e-Aadhaar is equally valid like Physical Copy of Aadhaar for all purposes. For UIDAI circular on validity of e Aadhaar, please visit https://uidai.gov.in/images/uidai_om_on_e_aadhaar_validity.pdf
Resident needs 'Adobe Reader' to view e-Aadhaar. You have 'Adobe Reader' installed in your System. To install Adobe Reader in the System visit https://get.adobe.com/reader/
Resident can download e-Aadhaar by following two ways.
Resident can download e-Aadhaar by visiting UIDAI websites - https://uidai.gov.in/ or by visiting https://eaadhaar.uidai.gov.in
Yes, mAadhaar is available for iOS devices.
Registered mobile number is the mobile submitted at the time of Aadhaar enrollment or update.
Application will ask for password as soon as it is opened as the first step. User should enter a password of minimum 8 and maximum 12 characters length. The password should contain at least 1 number, 1 alphabet, 1 special character ( @,#,&,%,*,!,-,(,) ) and 1 alphabet in capital e.g. Sharma@123.
Resident can view profile by following these steps:
m-Aadhaar is accepted as proof of identity for undertaking journey in any reserved class in Indian Railways. For details view the Circular released by Indian Railway.
Resident can view profile by following these steps:
Electronic Know your Client or e KYC is the way of resident authentication used by organization like Banks, Aadhaar allows the residents to submit it as an address proof electronically which is valid as a Xerox copy of Aadhaar Card.
Note: In order to permanently unlock Biometrics it takes 6 hours, so might be resident will not be able to Authenticate for next 6 hours.
Resident can unlock Biometrics in 2 ways
Note: In order to permanently unlock Biometrics it takes 6 hours, so might be resident will not be able to Authenticate for next 6 hours.
It is a secure sharable document which can be used by any Aadhaar number holder for offline verification of Identification.
A resident desirous of using this facility shall generate his/her digitally signed Aadhaar details by accessing UIDAI resident portal. The details will contain Name, Address, Photo, Gender, DOB, hash of registered Mobile Number, hash of registered Email Address and reference id which contains last 4 digits of Aadhaar Number followed by time stamp in a digitally signed XML. It will provide Offline Aadhaar Verification facility to service providers/Offline Verification Seeking Entity (OVSE) without the need to collect or store Aadhaar number.
Identity verification can simply be accomplished by providing an identity document like PAN card, Passport etc to the service provider. However, all these documents, which may be used for identification can still be forged and faked which may or may not be possible to verify offline instantaneously. The document verifier has no technological means to verify the authenticity of the document or the information it contains and has to trust the document producer. Whereas, the XML file generated by the Aadhaar number holder using Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC is digitally signed document using UIDAI digital signature. Thus, the service provider can verify the demographic contents of the file and certify it to be authentic when doing the offline verification
The process of generating Aadhaar Offline e-KYC is explained below:
Any Aadhaar number holder who desires to establish his/her identity to any service provider (OVSE) using digitally signed XML downloaded from UIDAI website can be a user of this service. The service provider should have provisions of providing this Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC at their facility and do the offline verification
Public certificate for Digital signature validation can be downloaded from here.
Residents can share the XML ZIP file along with the Share Code to the service provider as per their mutual convenience.
Service Providers shall not share, publish or display either Share Code or XML file or its contents with anyone else. Any non-compliance of these actions shall invite actions under Sections 17 and 25 of The Aadhaar (Authentication) Regulation, 2016, Sections 4 and 6 of The Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulation, 2016 and Sections 29(2), 29 (3) and 37 of The Aadhaar Act, 2016.
The process of Aadhaar Offline e-KYC Verification by Service Provider is:
Mobile Number:
Hashing logic: Sha256(Sha256(Mobile+ShareCode))*number of times of last digit of Aadhaar Number
Example :
Mobile number: 9800000002
Aadhaar Number: 123412341234
Share Code: Abc@123
Sha256(Sha256(9800000002+ Abc@123))*4
In case if Aadhaar Number ends with Zero or 1 (123412341230/1) it will be hashed one time.
Sha256(Sha256(9800000002+ Abc@123))*1
Email Address:
Hashing Logic: This is a simple SHA256 hash of the email without any salt
Unique Identification Authority of India
Government of India (GoI)
Bangla Sahib Road, Behind Kali Mandir, Gole Market,
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UIDAI Regional Office, Hyderabad
6th Floor, East Block, Swarna Jayanthi Complex, Beside Matrivanam, Ameerpet Hyderabad-500 038, Telangana State
UIDAI Regional Office, Hyderabad
6th Floor, East Block, Swarna Jayanthi Complex, Beside Matrivanam, Ameerpet Hyderabad-500 038, Telangana State
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Ranchi
1st Floor, RIADA Central Office Building, Namkum Industrial Area,Near STPI Lowadih, Ranchi - 834 010
UIDAI Regional Office, Chandigarh
SCO 139-141, 3rd and 4th Floor, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
UIDAI Regional Office, Hyderabad
6th Floor, East Block, Swarna Jayanthi Complex, Beside Matrivanam, Ameerpet Hyderabad-500 038, Telangana State
UIDAI Regional Office, Mumbai
7th Floor, MTNL Exchange, GD Somani Marg, Cuff Parade, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005
UIDAI Regional Office, Mumbai
7th Floor, MTNL Exchange, GD Somani Marg, Cuff Parade, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005
UIDAI Regional Office, Delhi
Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan Metro Station, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi-110001
UIDAI Regional Office, Mumbai
7th Floor, MTNL Exchange, GD Somani Marg, Cuff Parade, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005
UIDAI Regional Office, Mumbai
7th Floor, MTNL Exchange, GD Somani Marg, Cuff Parade, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005
UIDAI Regional Office, Chandigarh
SCO 139-141, 3rd and 4th Floor, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
UIDAI Regional Office, Chandigarh
SCO 139-141, 3rd and 4th Floor, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
UIDAI Regional Office, Chandigarh
SCO 139-141, 3rd and 4th Floor, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
UIDAI Regional Office, Ranchi
1st Floor, RIADA Central Office Building, Namkum Industrial Area,Near STPI Lowadih, Ranchi - 834 010
UIDAI Regional Office, Bengaluru
Khanija Bhavan, No. 49, 3rd Floor, South Wing Race Course Road, Bengaluru - 01
UIDAI Regional Office, Bengaluru
Khanija Bhavan, No. 49, 3rd Floor, South Wing Race Course Road, Bengaluru - 01
UIDAI Regional Office, Bengaluru
Khanija Bhavan, No. 49, 3rd Floor, South Wing Race Course Road, Bengaluru - 01
UIDAI Regional Office, Delhi
Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan Metro Station, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi-110001
UIDAI Regional Office, Mumbai
7th Floor, MTNL Exchange, GD Somani Marg, Cuff Parade, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Hyderabad
6th Floor, East Block, Swarna Jayanthi Complex, Beside Matrivanam, Ameerpet Hyderabad-500 038, Telangana State
UIDAI Regional Office, Bengaluru
Khanija Bhavan, No. 49, 3rd Floor, South Wing Race Course Road, Bengaluru - 01
UIDAI Regional Office, Chandigarh
SCO 139-141, 3rd and 4th Floor, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
UIDAI Regional Office, Delhi
Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan Metro Station, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi-110001
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Bengaluru
Khanija Bhavan, No. 49, 3rd Floor, South Wing Race Course Road, Bengaluru - 01
UIDAI Regional Office, Hyderabad
6th Floor, East Block, Swarna Jayanthi Complex, Beside Matrivanam, Ameerpet Hyderabad-500 038, Telangana State
UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati
Block-V, First Floor, HOUSEFED Complex, Beltola-Basistha Road, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006
UIDAI Regional Office, Lucknow
3rd Floor, Uttar Pradesh Samaj Kalyan Nirman Nigam Building, TC-46/ V,Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow- 226 010
UIDAI Regional Office, Delhi
Ground Floor, Pragati Maidan Metro Station, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi-110001
UIDAI Regional Office, Ranchi
1st Floor, RIADA Central Office Building, Namkum Industrial Area,Near STPI Lowadih, Ranchi - 834 010
