Aadhaar based SIM reverification through OTP, app or IVRS gets UIDAI nod; telcos can rollout process from 1 Dec

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India has approved the blueprint presented by telcos to operationalise new modes like OTP for Aadhaar-based SIM reverification of existing subscribers from December 1. “Their plans have been approved…They have come and we have told them they will implement from December 1,” UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI. The government last month had announced three new ways to complete the process of linking mobile phone numbers with Aadhaar to enable existing subscribers to undergo SIM re-verification exercise from the comfort of their home. He said the new methods would also “help achieve the task in the given timeframe and make the whole system more secure as it will prevent misuse of mobile number by unscrupulous elements”.