The Government of India on Friday expanded the Aadhaar certification service for both public and private institutions in many areas. This expansion was part of a recent amendment launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The ministry said that the ease of reaching the authentication service will ease innovation, knowledge and public service growth in various services. The government also said that this step will improve transparency and inclusion in the decision -making process of qualified institutions.
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Extension Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) was part of Aadhaar authentication for amendment rules, under 2025 under Aadhaar (Financial and Other Subsidy, Benefits and Lays Distribution of Services) Act, 2016. It was informed through one. Egzet Notification Also a social media Post On X (East was known as Twitter).
With this amendment, both public and private institutions will be able to use the base authentication service to verify the credibility of their users and customers. “This will help two service providers as well as service seekers to make reliable transactions,” Press release It is mentioned by the Ministry.
The Post states that this amendment is aimed at increasing the scope and utility of Aadhaar authentication to promote good governance, social welfare, innovation and knowledge spread. Meti also said that the use of Aadhaar by the government and non-governmental institutions will improve service distribution and ease of living for people. Extension currently includes areas such as e-commerce, travel, tourism, hospitality, health, and more.
In particular, to be eligible to reach the base certification service, institutions have to apply through a specific format with details of the requirements intended to the concerned ministry or department of the state government. Applications will be investigated by India’s Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI), and approval will be issued by Meity based on the recommendation of UIDAI.
In particular, the new amendment amends the law introduced in 2020, which prohibits access to the base authentication service of private institutions. Law was presented after the Supreme Court forbidden Private institutions asking for Aadhaar data citing reasons like data security and privacy.
