The Aadhaar card is an important document as it holds an individual’s personal, biometric and demographic information and thus needs to be safeguarded against misuse. The E-Aadhaar Card is a file protected with a password to increase the security level of the already safe digital file format i.e. Why is e-Aadhaar protected with a password?

Mentioned below are a few examples of e-Aadhaar passwords. It is an 8 character code which is a combination of the first four letters of your name written in CAPITAL letters (Name as mentioned in the Aadhaar card) and your Year of Birth (in YYYY format). Hence, an Aadhaar card password is a passcode required to open the PDF file. However, in order to open this file, you will be required to enter a password. Once you have obtained the OTP to download the e-Aadhaar from the above given steps, you can download the e-Aadhaar in a PDF format. Once you receive the OTP, you can submit the OTP, agree to the terms and download the e-Aadhaar form the UIDAI website. We can generate the OTP for e-Aadhaar while downloading it from the UIDAI website in the following three ways :īy providing the Aadhaar number over the UIDAI website, and then clicking on `Request OTP`īy providing the Virtual ID (VID) over the UIDAI website, and then clicking on `Request OTP’īy providing the enrolment number over the UIDAI website, and then clicking on `Request OTP’ You can download it through the UIDAI website and can then use it as a soft copy or print it out as a hard copy, which is equally valid. This digital Aadhaar is password protected and holds equal validity as the physical copy of Aadhaar. In order to obtain it, an individual has to provide certain biometric and demographic information such as age, address, mobile number, fingerprints, etc.Īn e-Aadhaar is a digital copy of Aadhaar Card that is electronically signed by UIDAI. Any Indian resident, irrespective of age, gender or location may apply for one. It is issued by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) to the residents of India. An Aadhaar Card is a unique Identity Card which stores a 12 digit unique identification number.

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