ET Bureau|
Updated: Nov 15, 2017, 11.05 PM IST

The Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) has approved the model presented by telecom operators that
includes alternatives such as a onetime password or OTP for re-verification of SIM cards issued on the basis of Aadhaar.
“Yes, we have approved it. We had a very detailed discussion with the
telecom operators, and they have come out with a scheme which is secure
and will also be convenient to people,” UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey
told ET.
“And this will help people verify their mobile number with Aadhaar without going to a telecom outlet, provided their mobile number is already added to Aadhaar database,” he said.
The department also allowed re-verification
through iris-based biometric devices and at the doorsteps of consumers
who are unable to use OTP or fingerprint authentication or who are
incapacitated and cannot go to retail stores.
The operators, thereafter, were instructed to
approach UIDAI with their blueprint to operationalise the new processes.
“The steps include one where subscribers can go to the mobile phone
company’s portal and give their mobile number and Aadhaar number and
then the OTP will come on the registered mobile number,” said Pandey.
The other option is that every operator will
publicise an IVRS number and on that number people will have to key in
their Aadhaar and their mobile number, and the OTP will come and they
will have to enter to re-verify.
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