Aadhaar enrolment for newborns with birth certificates is expect to be available in all states in the next few months, expanding beyond 16 states currently offering the facility, government sources said. Right now, 16 states have Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration.
This process began more than one year ago, with various states getting added over time.
Work is on in remaining states and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the government agency that issues Aadhaar numbers, expects that over the next few months all states will be able to offer the facility, bringing added convenience to new parents.
For children up to 5 years, no biometrics is captured.
Their UID is process on the basis of demographic information and facial photograph linked with the UID of their parents.
So, biometric update is require (ten fingers, iris and facial photograph) once the child turns 5 and 15.
More than 1,000 state and central government schemes today leverage Aadhaar for identification and authentication of beneficiaries, transfer of benefits, and ensuring de-duplication.
Of those, nearly 650 schemes are of state governments and 315 central government-run schemes, all of which use Aadhaar ecosystem and its biometric authentication.
As many as 134 crore Aadhaars have issue till date.
In 2021, updates and enrolments for this 12-digit biometric identifier adds to nearly 20 crore.
Of this, 4 crore were new enrolments, a number that includes newborn babies and children up to 18 years.
Only 30 lakh were relate to new adult enrolments.
The sources said the aim is now to ensure that at the time of birth along with the birth certificate, Aadhaar is issue.
UIDAI is working with the Registrar General of India regarding the same.
The process requires computerise system of birth registration, and such states that had full computerisation have onboard.
The full list of states with Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration was not immediately available.
As per sources in 16 states whenever a birth certificate is issue, a message pings to the UIDAI system, following which enrolment ID number is generate.
Aadhaar is generate as soon as details such as photo and address of the child is capture in the system.
Birth Registrars, in many cases, are Aadhaar enrolment agents also, so they will be able to enrol for Aadhaar, sources said.
