Aadhaar now acceptable for 8 online services of Delhi government

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
22:
Delhi
government’s
industries
department
has
been
authorised
by
the
UIDAI
to
accept
Aadhaar
for
its
eight
online
services,
including
conversion
to
freehold,
and
online
payment
of
dues
and
refund
requests,
officials
said
on
Monday.

The
other
online
services
of
the
industries
department
that
will
be
covered
by
voluntary
Aadhaar
authentication
are
permission
of
mortgage,
application
for
possession,
change
of
constitution,
and
extension
for
time
for
construction,
said
a
notification
of
the
department
issued
last
week.

People
applying
for
these
online
services
will
be
asked
for
their
consent
for
their
Aadhaar
details.

The
purposes
for
which
the
Aadhaar
number
and
related
information
and
the
manner
in
which
it
is
sought
will
be
communicated
clearly
to
the
applicants,
said
the
document.

The
Aadhaar
number
will
not
be
displayed
anywhere
and
it
will
be
stored
securely
in
the
Aadhaar
data
vault,
it
added.

Unique
Identification
Authority
of
India,
or
UIDAI,
is
a
statutory
authority
assigned
with
the
issuing
of
a
12-digit
Aadhaar
to
all
residents
of
India.