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Private companies can use Aadhaar infrastructure for identity checks again

As the Aadhaar case was reaching the Supreme Court, the Unique Identity Authority of India began to restrict private access to its authentication infrastructure. A new amendment to Aadhaar authentication rules could finally allow us to leverage our identity infrastructure to better unlock greater efficiencies in digital services. In fact, it is Section 8 that deals with authentication, and since it allows all “requesting entities" of the Act) to use Aadhaar authentication, private entities can also use the system. The UIDAI notified the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Amendment Rules, 2025, describing how private entities could use the Aadhaar infrastructure for authentication.

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