The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) on December 30, 2021 has issued a notification with respect to work with the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and after receiving approval from the Central Government. NIXI is allowed to perform Aadhaar authentication, on voluntary basis, in domain booking process.
The MeitY and NIXI shall follow all the guidelines released by the Central Government.
Under NIXI, the INRegistry is a function with primary responsibility for managing the Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) that is, operationalisation of .IN domain and ensuring its operational stability, reliability and security
As Aadhaar based authentication is on voluntary basis, paper-based KYC may be used, when registrant provides Government identity card other than Aadhaar card, and in this process, the customer is required to upload or mail the scanned self-attested copies of his documents with the NIXI and the verification of the validity of the details submitted shall be done through mobile and E-mail KYC (through OTP).
The customers can upload the following documents along with the self-attestation:
• Bank Passbook or Post office Passbook with photo; or
• Voter Identity Card; or
• Ration Card; or
• Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or
• Driving License issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988); or
• Passport; or
• Identity Card issued under seal of the institution; or
• Certificate of Identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or a Tehsildar on an official letter head; or
• Any other document as specified by the Central Government.
[Notification No. S.O. 69(E)]
