University Grants Commission on 1st September 2023 has prohibited display of Aadhaar number on provisional certificates and degrees issued by universities. State Governments are considering the printing of the full Aadhaar number of university students on provisional certificates and degrees issued by the universities.
In this regard, attention is invited to sub-regulation (3) of regulation 6 of the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016, which provide that no entity in possession of the Aadhaar number shall make public any database or record containing the same, unless the Aadhaar number has been redacted or blacked out through appropriate means’ under the regulations, as they currently stand, printing of the Aadhaar number on provisional certificates and degrees is not permissible’.
The Higher Education Institutions are, therefore, requested to strictly comply with the rules and regulations of Unique Identification Authority of India (IIIDAI)’.
