UIDAI unveils three online authentication services

Further strengthening its vision of “empowering residents of India with a unique identity and a digital platform to authenticate anytime, anywhere,” the Unique Identification Authority of India on Friday launched three new Aadhaar-enabled services and announced the establishment of around 300 permanent enrolment centres. “This is a major step in the direction of enabling Aadhaar holders to avail themselves of various services by using the Aadhaar identity platform. The iris-based authentication service enables Aadhaar number holders to identify himself/herself using their iris images. Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said: “The Aadhaar authentication and e-KYC services launched will give a boost to the use of the Aadhaar identity platform for authenticating the identity of people.