Central government issues revised Aadhar authentication process

Central Government has declared that the applicants for Aadhar authentication shall be required to perform Aadhaar authentication on voluntary basis for the purpose of issuance of Passport, subject to following conditions, namely:-

1. Authentication shall be required in such cases where Aadhaar is used as proof of identity;
2. The beneficiaries may be informed for alternative mechanism of identification for the services;
3. There shall be no denial of service in case of failure of Aadhaar authentication;
4. Use of finger print based biometric authentication may be performed, if required;
5. The Aadhaar number shall not be displayed anywhere in the system and only last four digits of Aadhaar number may be used, if required;
6. The preview or display of fingerprint shall not be used.

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