The Unique Identification Authority of India, (UIDAI) on October 05, 2023, notified the Aadhaar (Payment of Fees for Performance of Authentication) Regulations, 2023.
The following has been stated-
•Regulation 3 states If upon submission of an Aadhaar number by a KUA or sub-KUA using the e-KYC authentication facility of the Authority, a digitally signed response is returned to such KUA or sub-KUA, which—
(a) contains e-KYC data along with other technical details related to the authentication transaction, where that KUA or sub-KUA is— (i) a Telecom Service Provider, a fee of one rupee; and (ii) other than a Telecom Service Provider, a fee of three rupees.
(b) is other than that referred to in clause (a), a fee of fifty paise, shall be chargeable to that KUA or sub-KUA, as the case may be, and payable to the Authority.
•The fee chargeable under regulation 3 shall be payable within a period of thirty days from the date of issuance of an invoice by the Authority on this behalf.
•Any delay in payment of the fee chargeable under regulation 3, beyond the expiry of the period referred to in sub-regulation, shall attract interest at the rate of 1.5 cents. per month, compounded monthly.
•Any KUA, sub-KUA, AUA, or sub-AUA referred to in Regulation 3, who discontinues the use of the Authentication facility referred to therein shall intimate such discontinuation to the Authority: Provided that the fee specified in Regulation 3 shall continue to be chargeable till the surrender of access to the Authentication facility by the KUA, sub-KUA, AUA or sub-AUA, as the case may be, and the deactivation of such access.
[Notification No. HQ-13073/1/2020-AUTH.II-HQ(E)]
