Allowing CDAC to use Aadhar Authentication services on voluntarily basis for authentication/ekyc of residents availing govt services through e praman sso

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 5423] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2022/AGRAHAYANA 14, 1944 MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 5th December, 2022 S.O. 5655(E).— In pursuance of rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology having been authorised by the Central Government, hereby notifies that the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is allowed to use Aadhaar authentication services, on voluntary basis, for authentication or eKYC of residents availing any government service through ‘e-Pramaan’ single sign on platform, subject to the condition that the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing shall ensure onboarding of only such services or applications on ‘e-Pramaan’ platform which are strictly in compliance of the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 4 or section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), subject to following conditions, namely:- (i) the informed consent of the resident shall be obtained for the purpose of authentication as per the provisions of section 20 of the Aadhar Act, 2016; (ii) the purpose for which the Aadhaar number and related information is being sought, specifically, the manner in which the Aadhaar number is collected, stored, and used shall be communicated to the residents; (iii) the resident shall be informed of alternate mechanism of identification or verification as the instant usage of Aadhaar authentication is permitted purely on voluntary basis; (iv) there shall not be denial of any service or benefit to resident on account of failure of Aadhaar authentication; (v) there shall not be display of Aadhaar number anywhere in system, and wherever required only last four digits of Aadhaar number may be displayed; (vi) if required, biometric authentication of beneficiaries shall be performed only in assisted mode or controlled environment by the operator registered or verified by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. 2. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing shall adhere to the guidelines with respect to use of Aadhaar authentication as laid down by the Central Government and the Unique Identification Authority of India from time to time. SUNITA VERMA, Scientist ‘G’ & Group Coordinator and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. ALOK KUMAR