UIDAI reduces Authentication charges on Aadhaar Card, Know more
Read more to know the details about the authentication charges reduced by UIDAI on Aadhaar card.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has reduced the price of Aadhaar card authentication by customers. The UIDAI has reduced the authentication charges from Rs 20 to Rs 3 per instance in order to enable entities to leverage their infrastructure as well as providing ease of living to people through their various services and benefits. At Global Fintech Fest organised by NPCI-IAMAI, UIDAI CEO Saurabh Garg said, "the potential of leveraging Aadhaar in the financial technology sector is immense."
During the event, he was quoted as saying, "We have slashed the rate from Rs 20 per authentication to Rs 3, with the objective of ensuring that agencies and entities being able to better access the infrastructure more readily. Entities should be able to use the power of the digital infrastructure which has been created by the state that needs to be used to provide people with ease of living with dignity."
Aadhaar Authentication Charges as reported by GoodReturns
- Aadhaar authentication services shall be charged Rs. 3 (including applicable taxes) and Rs. 0.50 (including applicable taxes) for each successful Aadhaar e-KYC transaction and each successful Yes/No authentication transaction respectively from requesting entities.
- Each failed, but chargeable Aadhaar e-KYC transaction or Yes/No authentication transaction shall be charged Rs. 0.50 (including applicable taxes) per such transaction from requesting entities.
- Authentication transactions done by or on behalf of the Central and State Government Ministries/ Departments, for notified services, transfer of benefits and subsidies, shall be exempt from Authentication transaction charges.
- The above charges shall be in addition to the License fees and financial disincentives, as applicable.
- Details of the transaction error codes and its charges shall be issued separately.
- The Authentication transaction charges (for both Aadhaar e-KYC and Yes/No transactions) as in Regulation 2(1) above shall be revised every two years by linking it with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rounding it to the nearest 10 paisa.
