In a welcome relief to Aadhaar holders and Aadhaar-based e-KYC Authenticating Entities alike, the Finance Ministry on Wednesday, 13th November 2019 amended the Prevention of Money Laundering Act [...]
To eliminate all ambiguities surrounding ‘Digital KYC’, the Department of Revenue working under the aegis of the Union Government of India’s Ministry of Finance recently released a notification [...]
Following the Hon. Supreme Court’s Aadhaar verdict in September last year that disallowed private organisations from conducting Aadhaar-based e-KYC authentication, many organisations switched [...]
In a landmark move, the Hon. President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind promulgated the ‘Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019’ on Saturday, 2nd March 2019. Through this ordinance, [...]
As seen in our earlier blog posts on Aadhaar-based Offline KYC (here and here), most of you must be aware that UIDAI supports the initiation and completion of Offline KYC transactions through two [...]
As seen in our previous post, to protect Aadhaar-based e-KYC Authentication Agencies (AUAs, KUAs and Sub-AUAs) from the adverse effects of the Hon. Supreme Court’s Aadhaar verdict, UIDAI promptly [...]
In our last blog post, we attempted to debunk many misconceptions that arose because of a poor comprehension of the Hon. Supreme Court’s recent landmark judgment on the constitutional validity of [...]
Putting an end to the Aadhaar debate once and for all, the Hon. Supreme Court of India upheld Aadhaar’s constitutional validity through its landmark judgment yesterday.
Local AUAs can now use Aadhaar Number for OTP-based e-KYC
Through it’s circular on Face Authentication (Face Auth) dated 15th Jan, 2018, UIDAI has mandated all AUAs / KUAs to integrate the Face Auth feature in their e-KYC platforms on or before [...]