New Delhi: Central directive to renew Aadhaar. Information should be updated after 10 years of registration. The direction of the center is to provide more documents. For this, identification, address documents and phone number must be provided. Even if there is no change in the information, the center also clarified that the documents of the respective time can be provided. Information can be updated through the online portal and Aadhaar centers. The Centre’s proposal comes in the context of rampant fraud using Aadhaar cards. Earlier it was suggested to update the information but it was not mandatory.
Aadhaar is registered with the help of an iris, fingerprint, and photographs. Meanwhile, Aadhaar is now mandatory in many places. To avail of government benefits, individuals need to update their Aadhaar data to avoid inconvenience in identification/certification.
The Center has termed the new guidelines as Aadhaar Enrollment and Update 10th Amendment. The information must be updated every ten years. Identification, address documents, and phone numbers are to be provided. The new guidelines came into force yesterday.
But in the last 10 years, Aadhaar has become a means of identifying individuals. Aadhaar is now mandatory in all areas, from obtaining government benefits to obtaining various certificates.
