Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is the statutory authority constituted under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (commonly the Aadhaar Act 2016), headquartered in New Delhi, that issues Aadhaar , the 12-digit unique identification number, to Indian residents and operates the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR), the centralised database of all Aadhaar records. As of 2026, UIDAI has issued over 1.4 billion Aadhaar numbers (more than 99 per cent of the eligible Indian resident population), making it the operator of the world’s largest biometric identity system.

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Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)