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
Step 1: Visit the google play store and on the left side of the page, click on the drop-down menu and then select ‘Apps’ tab
Step 2: The play store directs the user to a new page consisting of numerous apps. Here, on the search box, type mAadhaar, and click on the search button.
Step 3: Now select on the mAadhaar UIDAI app and click on the ‘Install’ button in order to download the app on your smartphone.
Step 4: On completion of the downloading process, open the app. Now, the page will display a form ‘Create a password before importing your Aadhaar profile on the app’.
Step 5: Enter a password, with a minimum length of eight characters to a maximum of twelve characters. The password should include one special character ( #,@,&,!,-,*,%,(,) ), one number and at least one capital letter. Re-enter the password to confirm it.
Procedure to Link
After downloading the application successfully and setting up the password, the user should link the Aadhaar number with the mobile app to access the Aadhaar details on his/her mobile phone. To complete the linking procedure, follow the steps enlisted below:
Step 1: Open the mAadhaar mobile application and enter the password registered.
Step 2: Create a profile by entering the card holder’s Aadhaar number. As an alternative, the user can also scan the QR code given in the Aadhaar Card rather than typing the number.
Step 3: On entering the Aadhaar number manually or by scanning, click on the ‘Verify’ option present at the bottom of the screen. During this process, do not navigate away from the page.
Step 4: If the details provided by the user matches the Government records, then, the user will automatically receive an OTP on the registered mobile number.
Step 5: On receiving the OTP, it will get automatically entered in the interface given. After the successful completion of this process, the profile of the cardholder containing information such as Name, Gender, Registered phone number, residential address and other information is displayed, and later it is stored.
Lock and Unlock Biometrics mAadhaar
Locking Biometrics- The process of securing the private information provided to the mAadhaar app is simple and can protect data breaching. Follow the steps mentioned below to lock the app:
Step 1: After linking aadhaar to the mAadhaar app, log in to the user’s profile by entering the credentials.
Step 2: Now select ‘Preference’ from the drop-down menu and select the checkbox against ‘Enable Biometrics Lock’.
Step 3: Then select ‘Save Changes’ option to retain the changes.
Step 4: In order to view the saved changes, select ‘Refresh Settings’ from the menu tab given.
Unlock Biometrics- To disable the biometric lock placed, follow the steps mentioned below:
Step 1: Similar to the locking procedure, the user has to select ‘Preferences’ from the drop-down menu.
Step 2: On my profile screen, click on ‘Unlock Biometrics’ button.
Step 3: Now, the mAadhaar app gets unlocked, and the expiry period can be noted from the ‘Biometrics Preferences’ screen.
FAQs
Q. On what devices is the mAadhaar app compatible?
m-Aadhaar App can be installed on all smartphones working on Android 5.0 and above. In case of iOS devices, the app is compatible with iOS 10.0 and above.
Q. How to share QR-Code?
share the QR Code, you need to follow the given steps:
- Open the mAadhaar app and click on ‘Generate QR Code’
- Enter your Aadhaar number, captcha code and click on ‘Request OTP’ to receive an OTP on your registered mobile number
- Enter the OTP received to get a QR code. You can share the QR code by choosing one of the sharing options available.
Q. Why my profile on mAadhaar gets inactive when I change to a new phone with registered mobile number?
Ans. Your profile on mAadhaar gets inactive when you change to new phone with registered mobile number because at one point of time only one Aadhaar profile can be active on one device.
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