In exercise of the powers conferred by sub sections 1 and 2 of section 54 read with subsection 1 of section 8 of the Aadhaar Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services Act

6275 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 675] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY , OCTOBER 3, 2023/ ASVINA 11, 1945 CG-DL-E-04102023-249152 UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 29th September, 2023 F. No. HQ -13073/1/2020 -AUTH.II -HQ(E) .—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -sections (1) and (2) of section 54 read with sub -section (1) of section 8 of t he Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), and in supersession of the Aadhaar (Pricing of Aadhaar Authentication Services) Regulations, 2021, except as respects things done or omitted to b e done before such supersession, the Unique Identification Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations, namely: — 1. Short title and commencement. —(1) These regulations may be called the Aadhaar (Payment of Fees for Performance of Authenticati on) Regulations, 2023. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions. —All words and expressions used in these regulations that are defined in the Act or the rules and other regulations made thereunder, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act, rules or other regulations, as the case may be. 3. Fee for authentication .—(1) If upon submission of an Aadhaar number by a KUA or sub -KUA using the e -KYC authentication facility of the Authority, a digitally signed response is returned to such KUA or sub -KUA, which — (a) contains e -KYC data along with other technical details related to the authentication transaction , where that KUA or sub -KUA is — (i) a Telecom Service Provider, a fee of one rupee; and (ii) other than a Telecom Service Provider, a fee of three rupees, (b) is other than that referred to in clause (a), a fee of fifty paise, shall be chargeable to that KUA or sub -KUA, as the case may be, and payable to the Authority. Explanation. —For the purposes of this sub -regulation, “Telecom Service Provider” shall mean a person who is a Unified Licensee having Access Services auth orisation or a Unified Access Services Licensee, under section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885). (2) If upon submission of an Aadhaar number by an AUA or sub -AUA using the Yes/No authentication facility of the Authority, a digitally signed response is returned to such AUA or sub -AUA, a fee of fifty paise shall be chargeable to that AUA or sub -AUA, as the case may be, and payable to the Authority. (3) The fee specified in sub -regulations (1) and (2) — (a) shall be inclusive of applicable taxes; (b) shall, upon completion of every period of twenty -four calendar months from the end of the calendar month in which the Aadhaar (Pricing of Aadhaar Authentication Services) Regulations, 2021 came into force, stand revised in proportion to the ratio of the Con sumer Price Index for the calendar month at the end of such period to that for the calendar month in which the said regulations came into force, rounded off to the nearest ten paise: Provided that the Authority may, by notification, defer such revision by such period as it may specify; and (c) shall be not chargeable in respect of use of Authentication facility by or on behalf of the Central Government, any State Government or the Authority. Explanation. —For the purposes of this sub -regulation, “Consumer Price Index” shall mean the Consumer Price Index (Combined) released by the National Statistical Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India from time to time. 4. Time for payment of fee. —(1) The fee chargeable under regulati on 3 shall be payable within a period of thirty days from the date of issuance of an invoice by the Authority in this behalf . (2) Any delay in payment of the fee chargeable under regulation 3, beyond expiry of the period referred to in sub - regulation (1), shall attract interest at the rate of 1.5 per cent. per month, compounded monthly. (3) Any KUA, sub -KUA, AUA or sub -AUA referred to in regulation 3, who discontinues the use of the Authentication facility referred to therein shall intimate such discontinuat ion to the Authority: Provided that the fee specified in regulation 3 shall continue to be chargeable till the surrender of access to the Authentication facility by the KUA, sub -KUA, AUA or sub -AUA, as the case may be, and the deactivation of such access. NIKHIL SINHA, Director [ADVT. -III/4/Exty./ 456/2023 -24] Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.