The Unique Identification Authority of India on November 8, 2021 has issued the Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations, 2021.
The Provisions under the Aadhaar (Authentication and Offline Verification) Regulations, 2021 are as follows: -
• There shall be two types of authentication facilities provided by the Authority, namely: -
(i) Yes/No authentication facility
(ii) e-KYC authentication facility
• An authentication request shall be entertained by the Authority only upon a request sent by a requesting entity electronically in accordance with these regulations and conforming to the specifications laid down by the Authority.
• Authority shall provide an alternate identification number mapped with Aadhaar number for the purpose of authentication.
• No entity shall store Virtual ID in its system.
• All devices and equipment used for authentication shall be certified as required and as per the specifications issued, by the Authority from time to time for this purpose.
• The Authority may enable an Aadhaar number holder to permanently lock his biometrics and temporarily unlock it when needed for biometric authentication.
• The Aadhaar number holder shall be notified by the OVSE about any offline verification, through email and/or SMS and/or other digital means and/or paper based acknowledgement about success or failure of offline verification on each request.
• The Authority shall enable an Aadhaar number holder to lock his/her Aadhaar number and unlock it when needed for authentication.
• A requesting entity may use Yes/ No authentication facility provided by the Authority for verifying the identity of an Aadhaar number holder for its own use or on behalf of other agencies.
[Notification No- K-11020/240/2021/Auth/UIDAI (No. 2 of 2021)]
