Aadhaar Card is one of the essential and important identity proofs for every citizen. Aadhaar card is first required for all government works. Whether it is to open a bank account or to take advantage of any government scheme, to get a passport or to take subsidy on cooking gas cylinders, Aadhaar number is demanded almost everywhere.
Unique Identification Authority of India i.e. UIDAI, the organization issuing the Aadhaar number, keeps encouraging to update the Aadhaar details from time to time.
If any information is wrongly recorded in your Aadhaar card and you want to get it corrected, then now is the right time to get this work done for free. In view of the convenience of the people, UIDAI has made the update in Aadhaar card free for some time. Now no money will have to be paid for updating Aadhaar online. At the same time, if you go to the Aadhaar center and do this work, you will still have to pay Rs 50.
Facility to update Aadhaar will be available for free
online Aadhaar can be updated from March 15 to June 14, 2023 for free. UIDAI is also appealing to Aadhaar card holders who are more than 10 years old to update their details.
What can be done online in Aadhaar, you can update information like name, address, birthday, gender, mobile number, email as well as biometrics finger print, iris and photograph in Aadhaar. Although there are some of these things that get updated online, some information has to be updated offline.
Update Aadhaar online like this
- Go to the Self Service Update Portal of UIDAI. https://ssup.uidai.gov.in/ssup/
- Click on ‘Login’ and enter your unique 12 digit Aadhaar number and the captcha code provided. Then click on ‘Send OTP’ and enter the OTP sent to your Aadhaar linked mobile number.
- Now select ‘Update Aadhaar Online’ under the Services tab.
- Now click on ‘Proceed to Update Aadhaar’ and select the details you want to change.
- Your existing name in Aadhaar card will appear on your screen. You can make whatever changes you want by uploading the document.
- Confirm the changes made. Your information will be updated.
