Aadhaar number

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has people cautious about sharing personal information with agencies unauthorized to print numbers Aadhaar on a plastic card, stressing at the same time that the message Aadhaar, with a cutaway portion, or the downloaded version, the normal paper is “perfectly valid.”

Several agencies charge anywhere between 50 and ₹ ₹ 200, or more, for printing Aadhaar on a plastic card in the smart card name.

"Aadhaar card or Aadhaar download printed on ordinary paper completely for all uses valid. If a person has a paper Aadhaar printed, there is absolutely no need to get him / her Aadhaar coated or get plastic Aadhaar card or the so-called Aadhaar smart card by card pay the money. said Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO of UIDAI, no concept such as smart or plastic Aadhaar card, "in a statement.

UIDAI also warned the agencies are not allowed, "the collection of such information or for printing unauthorized Aadhaar card or help these people in any way amounts to a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment under the Iraqi Penal Code, and also, Chapter VI of for Aadhaar (targeted financial delivery and ) Act and other subsidies, benefits and services, 2016. "

UIDAI also said that if someone loses printed Aadhaar, they can download it for free from the site. "Printout of Aadhaar card loaded, even in black and white form, it is true as the original Aadhaar card sent by UIDAI" it added.