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A full webnotes article on the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is expected to cover the statutory authority established under the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and headquartered in New Delhi, its governance structure including the chairperson and board appointed by the Government of India, the Aadhaar enrolment infrastructure operated through enrolment agencies and Common Service Centres, the e-KYC and Authentication API ecosystem that mutual funds, banks, telecom operators, and government departments use, the data-protection and privacy framework following the Puttaswamy judgments and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, the role of UIDAI in mutual-fund onboarding workflows including SEBI-prescribed Aadhaar e-KYC and offline-XML pathways, internal links to neighbouring topics on webnotes.in, and a references section pointing to primary sources at uidai.gov.in and relevant Supreme Court judgments.
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