Updating the address in Aadhaar Card was easy and easy; 20,000 CSCs got permission

New Delhi Any correction or change in the address entered in the Aadhaar Card will become easier now as the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) allows 20,000 Common Service Centers (CSCs) working as banking correspondents to update the Aadhaar Has given UIDAI conditionally granted permission to these service centers to update Aadhaar on 24 April. UIDAI has written in a letter to Dinesh Tyagi, CEO of CSC e-Governance Services, “Only the facility of demographic update will be provided. Verification of operators and people will be done through fingerprints and iris. 

UIDAI has said that the system required for this is expected to be ready by the end of June 2020.  

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Minister of State for Information Technology Sanjay Dhotre have informed the CSC about getting permission from UIDAI through social media posts.  

Prasad has said that he wants the rural level entrepreneurs (VLEs) associated with CSC to do the work of Aadhaar according to the responsibility and the guidelines from UIDAI.  

Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “I am convinced that with this facility large population living in rural areas will be able to get Aadhaar services close to their home.” 

To make Aadhaar updating easier for citizens, @UIDAI has permitted @CSCegov_ which are designated banking correspondents of banks, to offer #Aadhaar update services. Around 20,000 such CSCs will now be able to offer this service to citizens.

Tyagi gave information in this context that CSCs will change or improve the address of the Aadhaar card holders while updating the biometric details of the children.

UIDAI has already authorized the district level CSC e-Governance Service offices for modification in Aadhaar.  

Earlier, all service centers authorized by CSC India e-Governance Services Limited were allowed to provide Aadhaar-linked services but the facility was discontinued in December 2018 following an order from the Supreme Court.