Date: 2022-03-03Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section 1 and sub clauses e l and x of sub section 2 of Section 54 of the Aadhaar Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services Ac
## Report on Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Ninth Amendment Regulations, 2022
**1. Executive Summary:**
This report analyzes the Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Ninth Amendment Regulations, 2022 (No. 2 of 2022), as published in the Gazette of India on March 3, 2022. This amendment modifies the Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Regulations, 2016, specifically focusing on mandatory biometric updates for Aadhaar holders who have attained the age of 5 or 15 years. The key change involves deactivation of Aadhaar numbers if biometric information is not updated within two years of reaching these age milestones, with a provision for reactivation after biometric update. This report details the specific changes, target audience, implementation aspects, and expected outcomes derived directly from the provided policy text.
**2. Introduction:**
This report aims to provide an informative overview of the Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Ninth Amendment Regulations, 2022. The analysis is based solely on the provided policy text and focuses on understanding the changes introduced, their rationale, and potential implications.
**3. Policy Overview:**
* **Amendment to:** Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Regulations, 2016 (No. 2 of 2016).
* **Core Objective(s):** Based on the text, the primary objective is to ensure the accuracy and currency of biometric data within the Aadhaar database, particularly for individuals who undergo significant physical changes as they grow. The policy text reveals a focus on updating the biometric information of children at specific age milestones to maintain data integrity.
**4. Background and Rationale:**
This amendment appears to address the issue of outdated biometric data for children enrolled in the Aadhaar system. As children grow, their fingerprints and iris scans can change significantly, potentially rendering their initial biometric data inaccurate. The amendment aims to address this by mandating biometric updates at ages 5 and 15. The threat of deactivation provides an incentive to ensure compliance, while the provision for reactivation acknowledges that circumstances may prevent timely updates. This change will increase the reliability and utility of Aadhaar for identification and verification purposes.
**5. Key Provisions / Changes:**
The Ninth Amendment introduces specific changes to the Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Regulations, 2016, primarily impacting Regulation 281e.
* **Specific Part Changed:** Regulation 281e of the Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Regulations, 2016.
* **New Rule/Provision:**
* Aadhaar holders attaining the age of 5 or 15 years *must* update their biometric information. The *first* update after reaching these ages must *necessarily* be accompanied by a biometric information update.
* Failure to update biometric information within two years of attaining the age of 5 or 15 results in deactivation of the Aadhaar number.
* The first biometric update is free of charge until the age of 7 or 17, respectively.
* A deactivated Aadhaar number can be reactivated by updating biometric information. However, applicable charges for biometric information update, as determined by the Authority, will be borne by the Aadhaar number holder.
* The Aadhaar number is *not* omitted even in a deactivated state. It will remain deactivated.
* **Difference/Effect of Change:**
* The amendment introduces a *mandatory* biometric update at ages 5 and 15, with a deactivation penalty for non-compliance. This contrasts with the original regulation, which apparently did not have this specific requirement and enforcement mechanism.
* The change incentivizes regular biometric updates, particularly for children.
* While biometric updates are free until 7 and 17 years old, those reactivating an Aadhaar number after deactivation due to lack of biometric updates will have to pay the Authority's charges.
The amendment also adds provisos to Regulations 29 and 30, stating that no inquiry is required to deactivate the Aadhaar number of a child if they fail to provide mandatory biometric updates.
**6. Target Audience and Stakeholders:**
The primary target audience is Aadhaar holders who are attaining or have attained the age of 5 or 15 years, and their parents or guardians if they are minors. This also impacts Aadhaar enrollment centers, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), and other entities involved in Aadhaar enrollment, authentication, and service delivery.
**7. Implementation Aspects (Inferred):**
* **Responsible Agency/Bodies:** The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is responsible for implementing and enforcing these regulations.
* **Timelines/Procedures:**
* The regulations come into effect on January 1, 2023.
* Aadhaar numbers will be deactivated if biometric information is not updated within two years of the Aadhaar holder attaining the age of 5 or 15 years.
* The process for reactivating a deactivated Aadhaar number involves updating biometric information after the age of 7 and 17, the Authority will charge the Aadhaar holder a fee.
* The details of deactivation of Aadhaar number of a child for want of mandatory biometric update shall be available on the UIDAI portal from which the Aadhaar number holder can verify hisher details.
**8. Expected Outcomes / Impact of Changes:**
The amendment is expected to:
* Improve the accuracy and reliability of biometric data within the Aadhaar database, particularly for children.
* Reduce the number of inactive or outdated Aadhaar numbers.
* Increase the overall efficiency and effectiveness of Aadhaar-based authentication.
* Result in temporary disruption of service for Aadhaar holders who do not comply with the biometric update requirements, until they update their biometric information, leading to potential frustration.
**9. Conclusion:**
The Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Ninth Amendment Regulations, 2022, represents a significant update to the Aadhaar framework. By mandating biometric updates at specific age milestones and implementing a deactivation mechanism for non-compliance, the amendment aims to enhance the integrity and reliability of the Aadhaar database. While this update may require additional effort from Aadhaar holders and the implementing authorities, the intended outcome is a more accurate and trustworthy identification system.
Key Entities Referenced
New Delhi: Location of publication of the Gazette of India.
Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Ninth Amendment Regulations, 2022: Title of the policy document being analyzed.
Aadhaar Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services Act 2016: Act of Indian Parliament that provides the legal basis for Aadhaar.
Aadhaar and Other Laws Amendment Act, 2019: Act of Indian Parliament that amended the Aadhaar Act of 2016.
Unique Identification Authority of India: The authority responsible for issuing Aadhaar numbers and managing the Aadhaar program.
Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Regulations, 2016: Regulations governing the enrolment and updating process for Aadhaar.
Dr. SAURABH GARG: Chief Executive Officer of UIDAI
Mayapuri, New Delhi: Location of Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press
Delhi: Location of Controller of Publications
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण्ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 121] नई दिल्ली, बहृ स्ट्प जतिार, माच च3, 2022/ फाल्ग नु 12, 1943
No. 121] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022/PHALGUNA 12, 1943
भारतीय जिजिष्ट पहचान प्राजधकरण
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 2 माचच, 2022
आधार (नामाकं न एि ंअद्यतन) (नौिॉं सिं ोधन) जिजनयम, 2022
(2022 का सख्ं या 2)
स.ं- एचक्य-ू 16041/4/2021-ईय-ू I-HQ-भाग(I) (2022 का सख्ं या 2).—आधार (जित्तीय एि ं अन्य साहजयदकयों,
प्रसुजिधाओं और सेिाओं का लजित पररिान) अजधजनयम, 2016 यथा संिोजधत आधार एि ं अन्य कानून (संिोधन)
अजधजनयम, 2019 (2019 का संख्या 14) की धारा 54 की उपधारा (2) की उपधारा (1) और उपखंड (ञ)(।)और(x) म ें
प्रित्त िाजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए भारतीय जिजिष्ट पहचान प्राजधकरण एतद्द्वारा आधार (नामांकन और अद्यतन)
जिजनयम, 2016 (2016 की संख्या 02) को संिोजधत करन े के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जिजनयम बनाता ह,ै नामत:-
अध्याय 1
प्रारंजभक
1. सजं िप्त नाम और प्रारं भ-
(1) इन जिजनयमों को आधार (नामांकन एि ं अद्यतन) (नौिां सिं ोधन) जिजनयम, 2022 (2022 का संख्या 2) कहा
िाएगा।
(2) य े जिजनयम दिनांक 01 िनिरी, 2023 स े प्रिृत्त होंगे।
1501 GI/2022 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
2. आधार (नामाकं न एि ं अद्यतन) जिजनयम, 2016 समय-समय पर यथा सिं ोजधत के जिजनयम 28(1)(ञ) का
सिं ोधन:-
1. आधार (नामांकन एिं अद्यतन) जिजनयम, 2016 (2016 का संख्या 2) समय-समय पर यथा सिं ोजधत के जिजनयम
28(1)(ञ) के जलए, जनम्नजलजखत जिजनयम को प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, नामत:-
‘(ञ)(i) िहॉं आधार नंबर धारक न े 5 या 15 िर्च की आयु प्राप्त कर ली ह,ै उसके आधार म ें प्रथम अद्यतन के समय
आिश्यक रूप स ेबायोमेररक सूचना अद्यजतत करनी अजनिाय चह ै ।
(ii) िहॉं आधार नंबर धारक जिसन े 5 िर्च या 15 िर्च की आय ु प्राप्त कर ली हो और ऐसी आय ु प्राप्त कर लने े के िो िर् च
की अिजध तक िह अपनी बायोमेररक सूचना को अद्यतन करने म ें असफल रहता ह ै तो उसका आधार असदिय कर दिया
िाएगा। आधार नंबर धारक को िमि: 7 िर्च या 17 िर्च की आय ु प्राप्त कर लेन े तक जन:िुल्क बायोमेररक सूचना अद्यतन
करने की सुजिधा प्राप्त होगी। तत्पश्चात् आधार नंबर धारक अपने आधार नंबर को अपनी बायोमेररक्स सूचना अद्यतन
कराकर सदिय कर सकता ह।ै तथाजप आधार नंबर धारक को बायोमेररक सूचना अद्यतन कराने के जलए प्राजधकरण द्वारा
समय-समय पर जनधाचररत लागू प्रभारों का भुगतान करना होगा।
(iii) आधार नंबर धारक द्वारा बायोमेररक सूचना को अद्यतन नहीं कराने पर भी आधार नंबर को हटाया नहीं िाएगा
और आधार नंबर असदिय अिस्ट्था म ेंरहगे ा।‘
3. आधार (नामाकं न एि ंअद्यतन) जिजनयम, 2016, समय-समय पर यथा सिं ोजधत के जिजनयम 29(1) म ेंसिं ोधन:-
आधार (नामांकन एि ं अद्यतन) जिजनयम, 2016 (2016 का संख्या 2) समय-समय पर यथा संिोजधत के जिजनयम 29(1)
के जलए उि जिजनयम 29(1) के पश्चात ्जनम्नजलजखत को िोडा िाए, नामत:-
‘बिते दक जिजनयम 28(।)(ञ) के अनुसार बच्च े के आधार नबं र को आिश्यक बायोमेररक सूचना को अद्यतन न
कराए िाने के कारण असदिय करने पर ऐसी कोई भी िांच अपेजित नहीं होगी।‘
4. आधार (नामाकं न एि ंअद्यतन) जिजनयम, 2016, समय-समय पर यथा सिं ोजधत के जिजनयम 30(1) म ेंसिं ोधन:-
आधार (नामांकन एि ं अद्यतन) जिजनयम, 2016 (2016 का संख्या 2) समय-समय पर यथा संिोजधत के जिजनयम 30(1)
के जलए उि जिजनयम 30(1) के पश्चात ्जनम्नजलजखत को िोडा िाए, नामत:-
‘बिते दक बच्चे के आधार नंबर को आिश्यक बायोमेररक सूचना को अद्यतन न कराए िान े के कारण असदिय करन े
पर उपयिुच की आियकता नहीं होगी।‘
‘आगे बिते दक बच्चे के आधार नंबर को आिश्यक बायोमेररक सूचना को अद्यतन न कराए िाने पर असदिय करन े
संबंधी ब्योरा यूआईडीएआई पोटचल पर उप्लब्ध होगा िहां से आधार नंबर धारक अपनी सूचना को सत्यजपत कर
सकता/सकती ह।ै
डा. सौरभ गग,च मुख्य कायचकारी अजधकारी
[जिज्ञापन-III/4/असा./673/2021-22]
रटप्प णी : प्रमुख जिजनयम भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग-।।।, खंड 4 में दिनांक 14 जसतंबर, 2016 की अजधसूचना
संख् या 13012/64/2016/जिजध/यूआईडीएआई (2016 का 02) के माध् यम स ेिारी दकए गए। इन जिजनयमों को
तत्पश्चात संिोजधत कर भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग-।।।, खंड 4 में दिनांक 15 फरिरी, 2017 की
अजधसूचना संख्या 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई (2017 का 01); दिनांक 07 िुलाई, 2017 की
स.ं 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई (2017 का 02); दिनांक 11 िुलाई, 2017 की
स.ं 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई (2017 का 03); दिनांक 31 िुलाई, 2017 की
स.ं 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई (2017 का 05); दिनांक 12 िनिरी, 2018 की
स.ं 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई(13) (2018 का 01); दिनांक 31 िुलाई, 2018 की
स.ं 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई(13) (2018 का 02); दिनांक 09 जसतंबर, 2019 की
स.ं 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई(13)खंड-।। (2019 का 03); एिं दिनांक 02 िुलाई, 2020 की
स.ं 13012/79/2017/जिजध-यूआईडीएआई(13)खंड-।। (2020 का 03) द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए।[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd March, 2022
AADHAAR (ENROLMENT AND UPDATE) (NINTH AMENDMENT)
REGULATIONS, 2022
(No. 2 of 2022)
No. HQ-16041/4/2021-EU-I-HQ-Part(I) (No. 2 of 2022) : In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-
section (1), and sub-clauses (e),(l) and (x) of sub-section (2) of Section 54 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of
Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 (18 of 2016) as amended vide the Aadhaar and Other
Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 14 of 2019), the Unique Identification Authority of India, hereby makes the
following regulations to further amend the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016 (No.2 of 2016),
namely:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.––– (1) These regulations may be called the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update)
(Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (No. 2 of 2022).
(2) These regulations shall come into force with effect from 1st January, 2023.
2. Amendment of Regulation 28(1) (e) of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, as amended
from time to time :-
(1) For Regulation 28(1) (e) of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016 (No. 2 of 2016), as amended
from time to time, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely :-
“(e) (i) Where an Aadhaar number holder has attained the age of 5 or 15 years, the first update in his/her Aadhaar has
to be necessarily accompanied by a biometric information update.
(ii) Where an Aadhaar number holder who has attained the age of 5 or 15 years fails to update his/her biometric
information within 2 years of attaining such age, his/her Aadhaar number shall be deactivated. The facility of
biometric information update shall be available free of cost to the Aadhaar number holder till attaining the age of 7 or
17 years, respectively. Thereafter, the Aadhaar number holder can activate his/her Aadhaar number by updating
his/her biometric information. However, the applicable charges for biometric information update as fixed by the
Authority from time to time shall be borne by the Aadhaar number holder.
(iii) The Aadhaar number shall not be omitted even if the Aadhaar number holder does not update biometric
information, and the Aadhaar number shall remain in deactivated state.”
3. Amendment of Regulation 29 (1) of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, as amended
from time to time :-
(1) For Regulation 29 (1) of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016 (No. 2 of 2016), as amended
from time to time, the following shall be inserted after said Regulation 29 (1), namely:–
“Provided that no such inquiry shall be required in case of deactivation of the Aadhaar number of a child for
the want of mandatory biometric information update as per the Regulation 28(1)(e)”.
4. Amendment of Regulation 30 (1) of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, as amended
from time to time:-
For Regulation 30 (1) of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016 (No. 2 of 2016) as amended from
time to time, the following shall be inserted after said Regulation 30 (1), namely:––
“Provided that the same shall not be required in case of deactivation of Aadhaar number of a child for the
want of mandatory biometric information update.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
Provided further that the details of deactivation of Aadhaar number of a child for want of mandatory
biometric update shall be available on the UIDAI portal from which the Aadhaar number holder can verify his/her
details.”
Dr. SAURABH GARG, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./673/2021-22]
Note: The Principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide
Notification No. 13012/64/2016/Legal/UIDAI (No. 2 of 2016) dated 14th September, 2016. These regulations
were subsequently amended and published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 vide
Notifications No. 13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI (No. 1 of 2017) dated 15th February, 2017; No.
13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI (No. 2 of 2017) dated 7th July, 2017; No. 13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI (No. 3 of
2017) dated 11th July, 2017; No. 13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI (No. 5 of 2017) dated 31st July, 2017; No.
13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI(13) (No.1 of 2018) dated 12th January, 2018; No. 13012/79/2017/Legal-
UIDAI(13) (No. 2 of 2018) dated 31st July, 2018; No. 13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI(13)/Vol.II (No. 3 of
2019) dated 09th September, 2019 and No. 13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI (13)/Vol.II (No. 3 of 2020) dated 2nd
July, 2020.
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