ESIC on 25.05.2023 has issued a clarification regarding Implementation of Aadhaar Seeding of Insured Persons using IP portal or through their respective employer using Employer portal. An online provision for seeding and authentication of Aadhaar has been developed and deployed in the online System whereby existing employees can seed Aadhaar number for self and their family members on voluntary basis after verification of OTP received on mobile from UIDAI.
As the preliminary consent of Insured Persons/Beneficiaries/Employees to seed the UIDAI authenticated OTP based Aadhaar has already been taken through the online module, the minor changes shall be accepted at the level of Branch Office Manager by approving the Aadhaar based change request.
However, in case where multiple demographic details such as Name, Father’s Name, Gender, DOB are simultaneously mismatching, the Branch Manager may send back Aadhaar based change request with specific mention of discrepancies observed. However, the Manager shall conduct the necessary enquires from the employers/employees and resolve the issues relating to the change of the demographic details of IPs/beneficiaries within three days positively and facilitate Aadhaar seeding of employees at his own level also.
The purpose of seeding the Aadhaar/ VID and displaying the Aadhaar Status in e-Pehchan Card & the benefits of implementation of Aadhaar using e-KYC and Aadhaar/ VID authentication through OTP/ Biometric are mentioned as below-
- To prevent the fraudulent activities in financial transactions.
- Aadhaar Status can be used to merge the contribution of duplicate Insured person.
- Aadhaar Status can be used to perform the De duplication process and prevent the duplicate IP number generation.
- Aadhaar Status can be used to perform the e-KYC; post e-KYC system will have the UIDAI verified demographic details of the beneficiaries.
- Aadhaar Status can be used to authenticate the beneficiaries at the time of service delivery.
