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Aadhaar Card Numbers: UIDAI deactivated Aadhaar numbers of 2 crore dead persons in the cleanliness campaign. UIDAI has also launched a new facility earlier this year, under which information about a deceased Aadhaar card holder can be given by family members.
New Delhi. According to official information given by the Ministry of Electronics and IT on Wednesday, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated the Aadhaar card numbers of more than 2 crore deceased persons as part of a nationwide cleanliness drive to maintain the continued accuracy of the Aadhaar database.
The ministry has said in its statement that the Aadhaar number previously assigned to any person is not re-assigned to another person. However, in the event of death of a person, it is very important that the Aadhaar number of the deceased Aadhaar holder is deactivated. It is necessary to do this so that the identity of the deceased person cannot be used for any fraudulent activity or in an unauthorized manner.
Apart from this, UIDAI has also launched a new facility earlier this year, under which information about a deceased Aadhaar card holder can be given by family members. This facility is currently available to the families of deceased Aadhar card holders in 25 states and union territories using the civil registration system. They can use MyAadhaar portal for this. Additionally, the integration process with the portal for the remaining States/Union Territories is currently underway.
The ministry says that after the member of the deceased Aadhaar card holder authenticates himself, he will have to submit the Aadhaar number, death registration number and demographic details of the deceased person on the portal. Further action will be taken on the process of deactivating the Aadhaar number of the deceased person after due process of verification of the information provided by the family member.
UIDAI is encouraging Aadhaar card holders to report the death of any Aadhaar card holding member of their family on the MyAadhaar portal. Members of the deceased Aadhar card holder can give this information on the portal after receiving the death certificate.
