Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India allowed to perform Aadhaar authentication for registration of births and deaths

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has allowed Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India to perform Aadhaar authentication for registration of births and deaths. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner has allowed Office of the Registrar General, India to perform Yes or No Aadhaar authentication, on voluntary basis, for verification of Aadhaar number being collected along with other details as sought in the reporting forms of births or deaths, as the case may be, for the following purposes:

1. Establishing the identity of child, parent and the informant in case of births;
2. Establishing the identity of the parent, spouse and the informant in case of deaths during registration of births or deaths.