Aadhaar Card - Unique Identification Number for Indians

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Aadhaar number is a unique identity assigned to all Indians. This number is generated based on the bio metric data gathered from the occupants of Indians. The unique identification authority of Indian gathers and stores this data in Hadoop ecosystem. This project was started on January 28, 2009 and became one of the largest bio metric identification systems. Till now 1 billion Indians have registered for the UIDAI card.

The supreme court of India gave orders that aadhaar card is not mandatory to have as it has privacy concerns. However, the government of India is not following the orders of the supreme court and making aadhaar card as a fundamental document. The government additionally passed instructions to connect aadhaar number with schemes like pension, provident fund, student scholarship and LPG subsidies. If you want to know more benefits that can get from aadhaar car, the visit uidia.gov.in website

Applying for Aadhaar Card

To continue getting the advantages from the government scheme, you should have an aadhaar card. Otherwise, apply for a new one. Follow the below step by step guide to get a new UIDAI card.

To start with, you have to locate an enrollment center. Login to UIDAI website.
Select your state, District, and your territory to get a list of enrollment centers.
Note down the address details of the enrollment center which is close by to your zone.
Make a call to the enrollment center officer and book an appointment.
Now visit the enrollment center with all our family members.
Provide identity proofs and bio metric data to the UIDAI department.
After that, the enrollment officer will give you a receipt with the enrollment Id. This enrollment ID can be used to know the status of your Aadhar application.

It will take around 1 to 3 months to get aadhar card. Once your aadhar card is generated, you will get a confirmation message to your mobile. In case if your aadhaar card is not delivered to your registered address, then you can download it from the UIDAI.gov.in website.

What made Aadhar as Mandatory

On November 8, 2016 the Indian government made an announcement that all the higher denomination currency will become invalid and everyone has to deposit these currencies into their bank accounts. This decision was taken to curb the black money in India. The success of the demonetization is not yet known. However, the administration took a decision that if the aadhaar number is linked with all the government schemes and PAN card, it will become quite easy for them to track the financial status of a person. So that, only poor people will get the benefits. On March 16, 2017 the government officially told that the aadhaar number should be linked with PAN card to catch the tax evaders.