The UIDAI outlined a process for private entities to gain access to the Aadhaar authentication.
The Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025 make these additions to a brief framework originally published in 2020.
The Language in the earlier rules that described their purpose as in the “interest of good governance, preventing leakage of public funds” has been removed now.
Now, the firms will have to refer their use case to a Union or State government Ministry or department, which will then have to refer the proposal to the UIDAI.