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New Aadhaar cards now come with an explicit disclaimer of it being a proof of identity and not of citizenship or date of birth.

• Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), in a circular of  January 16, deleted Aadhaar from the list of documents acceptable as a proof of date of birth.

Aadhaar Card

• About: It is a 12-digit individual identification number that serves as proof of identity and proof of address for residents of India.

• Issued by:  The UIDAI 

• Features of Aadhaar Card

  • The Aadhaar number is unique for each individual and will remain valid for a lifetime. 
  • Act as a proof of: Aadhaar is a proof of Identity and Residence
  • Eligibility:   Every Indian citizen irrespective of their age and foreign national is eligible to obtain one if they have been living in India for half a year 
  • Authentication: It uses Demographic and Biometric Data like Iris scan etc.
  • Welfare schemes Enabler: It will help the residents to avail of various services provided by banking, mobile phone connections, PDS, MGNREGA etc
  • Portability: Aadhaar gives nation-wide portability as it can be authenticated anywhere on-line.
  • Open Source Technology: It is built using open source technologies and structured to address scalability in a vendor-neutral manner and allow the coexistence of heterogeneous hardware within the same application.

• Aadhaar Data

• • Storage: Aadhaar data vault (ADV) as a middleware service and solution developed by C-DAC ensures secure storage of encrypted Aadhaar numbers as per UIDAI guidelines.
  • Period: for not more than 6 months as per Supreme Court Ruling

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• 81.5 Crore Indians’ Aadhaar Data Leaked On Dark Web

News Source: The Hindu