proof of possession of Aadhaar number

EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY THE UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th April, 2019 No. 13012/184/2019/Legal/UIDAI (No. 2 of 2019).—Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) vide its Gazette notification dated 13.02.2019 has amended the Prevention of Money laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005. These amendments inter alia include “proof of possession of Aadhaar number” in its list of officially valid document(s) provided under Rule 2(1)(d). As per the proviso to Rule 2(1)(d) whoever submits “proof of possession of Aadhaar number” as an officially valid document, has to do it in such a form as are issued by the Authority. In addition, a number of government departments and regulated entities also provide for Aadhaar as an officially valid document for identity verification of the resident. 2. Regulation 15 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016 (“Enrolment Regulations”) which deals with delivery of Aadhaar number stipulates that, “Aadhaar number may be communicated to residents in physical form (including letters or cards) and/or electronic form (available for download through the Authority’s website or through SMS).” 3. The Authority in exercise of the provisions under Regulation 35 of Enrolment Regulations hereby clarifies that delivery of Aadhaar number under Regulation 15 of the Enrolment Regulations means the issuance of Aadhaar number. 4. Further, the Authority in exercise of the provisions under Regulation 35 of the Enrolment Regulations hereby notifies that delivery of Aadhaar number under Regulation 15 shall mean and include the following: (a) Aadhaar letter: Issued by the Authority carries name, address, gender, photo and date of birth details of the Aadhaar number holder. (b) Downloaded Aadhaar (e-Aadhaar): Carries name, address, gender, photo and date of birth details of the Aadhaar number holder in similar form as in printed Aadhaar letter. This is digitally signed by the Authority as per Information Technology Act (Act No. 21 of 2000), which provides for legal recognition of electronic records with digital signature. (c) Aadhaar Secure QR Code: A quick response code generated by the Authority containing name, address, gender, photo and date of birth details of the Aadhaar number holder. This is digitally signed by the Authority as per Information Technology Act (Act No. 21 of 2000), which provides for legal recognition of electronic records with digital signature. (d) Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC: An XML document generated by the Authority containing name, address, gender, photo and date of birth details of the Aadhaar number holder. This is digitally signed by the Authority as per Information Technology Act (Act No. 21 of 2000), which provides for legal recognition of electronic records with digital signature. The Aadhaar number holder can use any of the documents above to prove possession of Aadhaar number subject to the concerned entity’s right to verify the genuineness of the above mentioned documents. The delivery of Aadhaar in any of its forms by itself may not be considered to be satisfactory proof of possession of Aadhaar number and the Aadhaar number holder may have to provide additional documents as may be required by the concerned entity. Dr. AJAY BHUSHAN PANDEY, Chief Executive Officer and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. ALOK KUMAR