UIDAI has started a new service on My Aadhaar portal.
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has started deactivating the Aadhaar card of the dead to prevent their misuse. UIDAI has deactivated more than 1.17 crore 12-digit Aadhaar numbers so far. This information was given in an official statement issued on Wednesday, July 16. Under this initiative, UIDAI has started a new service on My Aadhaar portal for registered deaths in 24 states and union territories, so that people can report the death of their family members.
Why are Aadhaar cards being deactivated?
The statement said, “To maintain continuous accuracy of the Aadhaar database, UIDAI has taken steps to obtain death records from different sources and deactivate the corresponding Aadhaar numbers after proper verification.” UIDAI said that it requested the Registrar General of India to share death records linked to Aadhaar number and has received about 1.55 crore death records from 24 states and union territories using the Civil Registration System (CRS).
Where to share information about Aadhaar card?
UIDAI said in the statement, “After proper verification, about 1.17 crore Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. Similar process is going on in states / union territories with non-citizen registration system. So far, about 6.7 lakh death records have been received and the process of deactivating them is going on.
UIDAI said, “On the information of death of a family member, any member of the family of the deceased, after self-authenticating, is required to provide the Aadhaar number of the deceased person and other population related details along with the death registration number on the portal.”
What steps is UIDAI taking to deactivate Aadhaar numbers?
After proper verification process of the information received from the family member, the work of deactivating the Aadhaar number of the deceased person or further action is carried out. Currently, UIDAI is in the process of integrating the portal with the rest of the states and union territories. UIDAI is also taking the help of state governments in identifying deceased Aadhaar number holders. As a pilot project, the details of people above 100 years of age are being shared with the state governments to verify whether the Aadhaar number holder is alive or not.
