Aadhaar Card of your children: UIDAI has an important message for you

Aadhaar authority UIDAI through its official Twitter handle @UIDAI has an important message for Aadhaar users with respect to their children. UIDAI says your child's Aadhaar requires a mandatory biometric update at age 5 years and again at age 15 years. "Remember to take your child to nearby Aadhaar Kendra for the mandatory biometric update at age 5 years and again at age 15 years. This is important to keep your child's data updated and makes it easy for the child to use Aadhaar when required," Aadhaar tweeted.

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- Take the child & his/her Aadhaar to any nearby Aadhaar Kendra

- Remember to take your child to nearby Aadhaar Kendra for the mandatory biometric update at age 5 years and again at age 15 years

- This is important to keep your child's data updated and makes it easy for the child to use Aadhaar when required

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Remember to take your child to nearby Aadhaar Kendra for the mandatory biometric update at age 5 years and again at age 15 years. This is important to keep your child's data updated and makes it easy for the child to use Aadhaar when required. pic.twitter.com/IWWUwTdE9W

— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) February 4, 2020

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) through its Twitter handle keeps making Indian citizens aware of basic tips on how to carry on matters related to Aadhaar card. Now, in the latest tweet, UIDAI has made citizens aware of the charges you should give for updating one field or multiple fields in your Aadhaar card. Also, they have given a helpline number and site to file online complaints if you were asked to pay more.

Earlier, Aadhaar@UIDAI had tweeted, "Whether you update one field or multiple fields in your Aadhaar in one go, charges remain Rs. 50. Do not pay extra. If you were asked to pay more, report the centre by calling our helpline 1947 or filing an online complaint from: https://resident.uidai.gov.in/file-complaint."

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established under the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (“Aadhaar Act 2016”) on 12 July 2016 by the Government of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Aadhaar Act 2016 has been amended by the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (14 of 2019) w.e.f. 25.07.2019.