Aadhaar-issuing torso UIDAI has unveiled the beta version of the much-awaited Virtual ID and promised that service providers volition presently offset accepting the same inwards lieu of Aadhaar number.
Put simply, the novel characteristic volition let Aadhaar holders to quote their Virtual ID (VID) lay out without genuinely disclosing the 12-digit Aadhaar lay out for authentication or verification purposes. According to UIDAI, inwards the beta form, users tin generate their Virtual ID together with utilisation it to update the address inwards Aadhaar online for the fourth dimension being.
In a recent tweet, Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) urged the users to generate their VIDs and plough over a link to Aadhaar website for the same.
“...Soon, service providers volition offset accepting VID inwards house of Aadhaar number. For now, yous tin utilisation this for online address update inwards your Aadhaar.”
In Jan this year, UIDAI announced plans to innovate Virtual ID' characteristic which an Aadhaar-card holder tin generate from its website together with plough over for diverse purposes, including SIM verification, instead of sharing the actual biometric ID.
The VID, which is a random 16-digit lay out mapped to a person’s Aadhaar number, together amongst biometrics of the user would plough over whatever authorised means similar a mobile company, express details such equally name, address together with photograph, which are plenty for whatever verification. The VID effectively gives the users, the selection of non sharing Aadhaar lay out at the fourth dimension of authentication.
UIDAI had stated that it volition hold out compulsory for all agencies that undertake authentication to bring the Virtual ID from their users from June 1, 2018.
The launch of VID comes at a fourth dimension when the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar Act together with the utilisation of a biometric identifier inwards diverse regime together with non-government services.
UIDAI’s Chief Executive Officer Ajay Bhushan Pandey final calendar month made a presentation inwards the apex courtroom to defend the government’s ambitious Aadhaar scheme.
