Press Statement: UIDAI completely dismisses few reports in social media and online news channels about Aadhaar Enrolment Software being allegedly tampered 1/n
and sold for some money in underground market which purportedly bypasses operators biometric authentication and facilitates making of Aadhaar cards without any documents, as totally baseless, false, misleading, and irresponsible. 2/n
As part of our stringent enrolment and updation process, UIDAI matches all the biometric (10 fingerprints and both iris) of a resident enrolling for Aadhaar with the biometrics of all Aadhaar holders before issuing an Aadhaar. 3/n
No operator can make or update Aadhaar unless resident himself or herself give his or her biometric. Any enrolment or update request is processed only after biometric of resident is authenticated. 4/n
Also, before processing of the enrolment or update as stated above, enrolment operator’s biometric and other parameters are checked and only after all checks are found to be successful, enrolment or update of resident is further processed. 5/n
Some of the checks include biometric check of operator, validity of operator, enrolment machine, enrolment agency, registrar, etc. which are verified at UIDAI’s backend system before further processing is done. 6/n
In cases where, any of the checks fails, the enrolment request gets rejected and action against such operator is taken. 7/n
Presuming, if at all, by some manipulation attempt at the operator’s end, essential parameters such as operator’s biometrics or resident's biometrics are not captured and enrolment/update packet is sent to UIDAI... 8/n
... the same is identified by the backend system of UIDAI, and all such enrolment packets get rejected and no Aadhaar is generated. 9/n
The concerned enrolment machines and the operators are identified, blocked and blacklisted permanently from UIDAI system. In appropriate case, police complaints are also filed for such fraudulent attempts. 10/n
We have zero tolerance policy in all our processes including security & safety. All such operators who are found to be violating processes or who indulge in any type of fraudulent or corrupt practices, we blacklist them & impose financial penalty upto Rs. 1 lakh per instance 11/n
Also, all such enrolment attempts get rejected and Aadhaar is not generated. As on date, more that 50,000 operators have been blacklisted. 12/n
We keep adding new security features in our system as required from time to time to take care of the new security threats by unscrupulous elements. It is assured that Aadhaar system is completely safe and secure. 13/n
People are advise to stay away from unauthorized centres and approach only authorized Aadhaar enrolment centres in bank branches, post offices and Government offices (list of which is published on UIDAI website uidai.gov.in) 13/n
This will ensure that their enrolment/updation is done only on the authorized machines and their efforts do not get wasted as rejected enrolment/updation. 14/14
This shall ensure that their enrolment/updation is done only on the authorized machines and their efforts do not get wasted as rejected enrolment/updation. 14/14
