Centre amends Aadhaar rules; Supporting doc may be updated at least once in 10 years
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11 November, 2022 12:13 pm IST
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The government has amended Aadhaar rules, specifying that supporting documents need to be updated at least once by Aadhaar holders on completion 10 years from enrolment date.
According to gazette notification issued by Ministry of Electronics and IT, the updation would ensure continued accuracy of Aadhaar-related information in the Central Identities Data Repository.
The updation would ensure “continued accuracy” of Aadhaar-related information in the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR), according to gazette notification issued by ministry of electronics and IT.
“Aadhaar number holders may, on completion of every 10 years from the date of enrolment for Aadhaar, update their supporting documents in Aadhaar, at least once, by submitting Proof of Identity (POI) and Proof of Address (POA) documents...so as to ensure continued accuracy of their information in the CIDR, in such manner as may be specified by the Authority from time to time,” it said.
The changes have been made by tweaking the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations.
Last month, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) – the government agency that issues Aadhaar numbers -- had urged people to update identification and residence proof documents, if they were issued the unique ID more than 10 years back but had not updated their details since then.
Accordingly, to provide facility to Aadhaar holders in this regard, the UIDAI has developed a new feature of ‘update document’.
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