The Department of Telecom (DoT) inward a missive of the alphabet dated September 19, 2018, to the UIDAI CEO said that the sentence on a petition filed inward the apex courtroom challenging Aadhaar based e-KYC procedure is expected to survive delivered this month.
The mobile operators sought to a greater extent than fourth dimension to implement the UIDAI-mandated confront authentication feature, citing non-preparedness of biometric device makers.
UIDAI is expected to rollout confront recognition characteristic every bit an additional vogue of authentication for Aadhaar on Saturday, starting amongst telecom service providers.
"...it has been decided yesteryear the subdivision that the instructions for implementation of confront authentication inward Aadhaar based e-KYC (know your customer) procedure including amendments inward consumer application form/database formats may survive issued yesteryear DoT to TSPs later procurement of in conclusion sentence on Aadhaar yesteryear Hon'ble Supreme Court later comprehensive re-look on the whole Aadhaar based e-KYC process," the missive of the alphabet said.
The UIDAI said the ‘live confront photo’ capture together with its verification amongst the photograph obtained inward eKYC volition survive essential inward those cases where Aadhaar is used for issuance of mobile SIMs. It had proposed a monetary disincentive for telcos flora slipping on the prescribed targets.
The Unique Identity Authority of Bharat (UIDAI) inward August had directed all telecom service providers (TSPs) to implement double constituent authentication inward their organization using matching of the face of the subscriber every bit captured inward Aadhaar from September 15, 2018, onward.
The operators nether the scope of Apex Advisory Council for Telecom inward Bharat (ACT) said that the engagement of implementation of confront authentication should survive at to the lowest degree ii months from the engagement that the device ecosystem is ready, together with till such fourth dimension no penalization should survive levied.
