Ministry of Railways Railway Board

INTEGRATION OF AADHAAR BASED TECHNOLOGY INTO INDIAN RAILWAYS APPLICATIONS DEVELOPED BY CRIS

Issue Date: 27 May 2025 Published: 28 May 2025

Gazette ID: CG-DL-E-28052025-263431 Download PDF

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Core Purpose

The Ministry of Railways, Railway Board, notifies that the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) is allowed to perform voluntary Aadhaar authentication for specified railway personnel and passengers.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways, Railway Board, through Notification S.O. 2354(E) dated 27th May, 2025, in pursuance of sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, read with rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020, hereby allows the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) to perform Aadhaar authentication on a voluntary basis. This authentication is for establishing the identity of ticket-checking staff, crew members, and passengers. The authentication can be performed using Yes/No or eKYC authentication facility at the assigned duty station during duty sign on/off before the start of and upon completion of their duties, or for their monitoring, as applicable. The notification is signed by Mandeep Singh Bhatia, Executive Director (Computerisation and Information Systems) and references File No. 2021/C&IS/Project/Aadhaar Authentication/05.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-28052025-263431 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2300] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2025/JYAISHTHA 6, 1947 3457 GI/2025 [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th May, 2025 S.O. 2354(E). In pursuance of sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, read with rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020, the Ministry of Railways, Railway Board, hereby notifies that the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) be allowed to perform Aadhaar authentication, on voluntary basis, to establish the identity of ticket-checking staff, crew members and passengers, using Yes/No or eKYC authentication facility, at the assigned duty station during duty sign on/off before start of and on completion of their duties or for their monitoring, as the case may be. [F. No. 2021/C&IS/Project/Aadhaar Authentication/05] MANDEEP SINGH BHATIA, Executive Director (Computerisation and Information Systems)

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