mAadhaar
mAadhaar is an official mobile application built by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in order to provide the citizens of the country with convenient access to Aadhaar. The mobile application is an interface for the Aadhaar cardholders to carry their demographic information like Name, date of birth, gender, address and other details along with their photographs as linked with their Aadhaar Cards in their mobile phones. Aadhaar has been made mandatory to avail a number of services and people have to furnish their Aadhaar card everywhere. Aadhaar has to be linked with bank accounts, mobile numbers, PAN, UAN and also for availing a number of subsidies under various government schemes. However, you can lose or misplace your original Aadhaar card if you carry it physically everywhere. Therefore, UIDAI came up with its official mobile application- mAadhaar, where you can add your Aadhaar card and carry it everywhere you want to. The mAadhaar app can be installed both on your android or iOS smartphone. Objectives of mAadhaar The primary benefit of the mAadhaar app is that the users need not carry any physical hardcopy of the Aadhaar card with them. All the required information will be available on the smartphone after creating the profile and linking it. Using mAadhaar, the users can download their Aadhaar profiles with ease on mobile phones, which has the registered mobile number linked with the Aadhaar. On acquiring an OTP, the user need not navigate from the application to the SMS inbox. mAadhaar itself will automatically read the OTP once it is received by the mobile phone. Considering security reasons, there is no option available to manually enter the OTP once it is received. The user should ensure that a stable internet connection is available on the mobile phone to connect and download data from UIDAI through the mAadhaar application. With the help of mAadhaar app, the user can share his/her data with any third-party through NFC, QR Codes, Barcodes or it is also possible to share the card holder’s details through emails. It is to be noted that an Aadhaar profile can be active only on one device at a stipulated time. If the mAadhaar user creates a profile on another device by inserting the registered sim in another device then, the previous profile would become inactive and will be deleted from the older device when an operation is executed from that device. If in case, the members of a family have the same mobile number registered as their Aadhaar then, any one person for the family can add their profile to the device. A user can add a maximum of three profiles in a single device, only if all the three profiles have the same mobile number registered for their Aadhaar. Salient features of mAadhaar Easy Aadhaar Accessibility: The biggest benefit of mAadhaar app is that you need not carry your physical Aadhaar card with you. You can use the app to easily access your Aadhaar card anytime-anywhere either by downloading it or viewing it in offline mode. You can download both a regular or a masked Aadhaar using the app. You can also use the mAadhaar app to retrieve your lost or forgotten Aadhaar card. Update Address and Other Demographic Details in Aadhaar: You can update the address in your Aadhaar card with document proof using the mAadhaar app. You can also update other demographic information such as your name (minor changes), DOB, gender and language using the mAadhaar app. Manage Aadhaar of Family Members: The mAadhaar app lets you maintain and manage Aadhaar of up to 5 family members in a single mobile device. Share Paperless eKYC or QR Code: The app also lets you share paperless offline eKYC or QR code to service providing agencies, thus preventing the possible leaks of data Secure Aadhaar: You can also secure your Aadhaar details by locking Aadhaar or biometrics. If you enable biometric locking system on your app, your biometric details will be locked until you unlock it again. Retrieve UID/EID: You can use the mAadhaar app to retrieve your lost or forgotten UID (Aadhaar number) or EID (Enrolment number) Retrieve or Generate VID: If you have locked your Aadhaar or don’t want to share your Aadhaar, you can use the mAadhaar app to generate/retrive VID or Virtual ID that can be used in place of Aadhaar to avail Aadhaar services Order a Reprint: You can use the app to get a reprint of your Aadhaar Letter by paying a nominal fee of Rs. 50. Aadhaar SMS Service: The app also lets you use Aadhaar SMS services in offline mode Verify Aadhaar or Email/Mobile Number: You can also use the mAadhaar app to check if the Aadhaar number is active or not. You can also use it to verify the mobile number and/or email id. QR Code Scanner: It lets you scan the QR code printed on Aadhaar/eAadhaar and displays the Aadhaar holders details after scanning Check Request Status Dashboard: You can also check the status of the service request that you have made via the mAadhaar app. These service requests include requests for an update in Aadhaar data, ordering a reprint, Aadhaar-bank account linking, etc. Book Appointment: You can also book an appointment to visit Aadhaar Seva Kendra Check authentication records and update history TOTP: The app lets you use the TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) instead of SMS based OTP to avail Aadhaar online services available on the UIDAI website. This is helpful when you have difficulty in receiving an OTP on your registered mobile number due to poor network or other issues. Aadhaar Sync: This feature lets you fetch the updated Aadhaar profile data upon successful completion of an update request Locate Enrolment Centre (EC): This feature allows you to find the nearest enrolment centre More Services: The More section of the App includes information about the mAadhaar App, Contact, frequently asked questions, Terms & Conditions of using the app, link to Chatbot and other relevant information. It also has links to download important documents such as the Aadhaar enrolment or Aadhaar update/correction forms along with the schedule of charges for various UIDAI services at Aadhaar Kendra (PEC). Guidelines to Download mAadhaar