The UIDAI has began deactivating Aadhaar of deceased individuals to stop misuse of their id proof, and disabled over 1.17 crore such distinctive 12-digit numbers until date. UIDAI has launched a brand new service, ‘Reporting of Dying of a Household Member’, on the myAadhaar Portal.
The UIDAI has began deactivating Aadhaar of deceased individuals
The UIDAI has began deactivating Aadhaar of deceased individuals to stop misuse of their id proof, and disabled over 1.17 crore such distinctive 12-digit numbers until date, an official assertion stated on Wednesday. As a part of its initiatives, the Distinctive Id Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a brand new service, ‘Reporting of Dying of a Household Member’, on the myAadhaar Portal for deaths registered in 24 states and Union Territories (UTs), enabling people to report the demise of their relations. The UIDAI has began deactivating Aadhaar of deceased individuals to stop misuse of their id proof, and disabled over 1.17 crore such distinctive 12-digit numbers until date, an official assertion stated on Wednesday.
As a part of its initiatives, the Distinctive Id Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a brand new service, ‘Reporting of Dying of a Household Member’, on the myAadhaar Portal for deaths registered in 24 states and Union Territories (UTs), enabling people to report the demise of their relations. UIDAI stated it requested the Registrar Common of India (RGI) to share demise information linked with Aadhaar quantity and has acquired roughly 1.55 crore demise information from 24 states and UTs, utilizing the Civil Registration System (CRS).
“After due validation, round 1.17 crore Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The same train is constant with non-CRS States/UTs. About 6.7 lakh demise information have been acquired to date, and deactivation is in progress,” the assertion stated.
On the “Reporting of Dying of a Household Member”, any member of the family of the deceased, after authenticating themselves, is required to offer the Aadhaar quantity and the demise registration quantity, together with different demographic particulars of the deceased individual on the portal. After the due validation technique of the data submitted by the member of the family, additional motion is taken for the deactivation, or in any other case, of the Aadhaar variety of the deceased individual.
UIDAI is at the moment working the method of integration of the portal with the remaining states and UTs.
“UIDAI can also be taking assist of state governments in figuring out the deceased Aadhaar quantity holders. As a pilot, demographic particulars of Aadhaar quantity holders aged greater than 100 years are being shared with state governments to confirm whether or not the Aadhaar quantity holder is alive. Upon receipt of such verification report, vital validation will likely be carried out earlier than deactivating such Aadhaar quantity,” the assertion stated.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA employees and is revealed from PTI)
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