Online updating of Aadhaar address is free till June 14

Indian residents can update their Aadhaar details for free for a period of three months until June 14, the Unique Identification Authority of India announced on Wednesday. “As per Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Regulations, 2016; Aadhaar number holders may, on completion of every 10 years from the date of enrolment for Aadhaar, update their supporting documents in Aadhaar, at least once, by submitting POI and POA documents, so as to ensure continued accuracy of their information,” the UIDAI said in its announcement, adding that it has been pushing residents to revalidate their proof of identity and address documents if they have not done so since their Aadhaar was issued. The UIDAI also announced this year that it was upgrading its biometric technology to reduce “spoofed” credentials, by using artificial intelligence to detect the “liveness” of a fingerprint. It is also reinstating a facility to update family members’ Aadhaar address if a “Head of Family” has already updated their address.