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The Unique Identification Authority of India amends the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016, through the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) First Amendment Regulations, 2025.

Detailed Summary

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), exercising powers under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 54, read with sub-section (1) and clause (k) of sub-section (2) of section 23 and sub-section (2) of section 29 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, issued the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) First Amendment Regulations, 2025, on 21st August, 2025. These regulations come into force on their publication date in the Official Gazette. The amendments insert a new sub-regulation (6) in regulation 3 of the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016, permitting the Authority to share Aadhaar numbers of children below 5 years (generated based on birth certificates without core biometrics) with the Registrar General of India or Chief Registrar for a State, with parent/guardian consent, to prevent duplicate enrolment, as per the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. Additionally, a proviso is inserted in sub-regulation (3) of regulation 5, stating that consent is not required for deactivation of a deceased person's Aadhaar number under clause (ea) of sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 28 of The Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016. The principal regulations were originally published on 14th September, 2016, vide notification number 13012/64/2016/Legal/UIDAI (No. 5 of 2016) dated 12th September, 2016, and last amended on 25th January, 2024, vide Notification number HQ-13073/1/2024-AUTH-II-HQ/C-13751(E).

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-22082025-265641 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 579] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025/SHRAVANA 31, 1947 UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 21st August, 2025 F. No. HQ-16016/1/2023-EU-I-HQ(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 54, read with sub-section (1) and clause (k) of sub-section (2) of section 23 and sub-section (2) of section 29 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, the Unique Identification Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations to amend the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016, namely:— 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These regulations may be called the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) First Amendment Regulations, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations), in regulation 3, a sub-regulation (6) shall be inserted after sub-regulation (5), namely: "(6) The Authority may, with the consent of parent or guardian, share the Aadhaar number, which was generated pursuant to enrolment of a child below the age of 5 years on the basis of a birth certificate and without collecting the core biometric information, with the Registrar General of India or Chief Registrar for a State appointed under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 to prevent duplicate enrolment on the basis of the same birth certificate." 3. In the principal regulations, in regulation 5, in sub-regulation (3), a proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that the same shall not be required in case of deactivation of Aadhaar number of a deceased person under clause (ea) of sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 28 of The Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016." SANJEEV YADAV, Director [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./312/2025-26] Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 347, dated the 14th September, 2016, vide notification number 13012/64/2016/Legal/UIDAI (No. 5 of 2016) dated the 12th September, 2016, and were last amended vide Notification number HQ-13073/1/2024-AUTH-II- HQ/C-13751(E), dated the 25th January, 2024, published on the 27th January, 2024. 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. SARVESH KUMAR Digitally signed by SARVESH SRIVASTAVA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA Date: 2025 08:22 22:10:31

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