Aadhaar Good Governance Portal
04.03.2025
Aadhaar Good Governance Portal
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For Prelims: About Aadhaar Good Governance Portal, Key Facts about Aadhaar |
Why in the news?
Recently, the central government launched the Aadhaar Good Governance portal to streamline the approval process for Aadhaar authentication requests.
About Aadhaar Good Governance Portal:
- It is aimed at streamlining the approval process for Aadhaar authentication requests.
- It was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- The platform follows the recent amendments to the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2025, under the Aadhaar Act of 2016.
- The new rules are designed to support good governance and improve the delivery of various welfare services and benefits.
- This portal is part of ongoing efforts to simplify processes, enhance service delivery, and improve the overall ease of living for citizens.
- The portal shall work as a resource rich guide, and offer detailed SOP for authentication seeking entities on how to apply and how to onboard for Aadhaar authentication.
- Face Authentication may also be integrated in the customer facing apps of private entities, which will enable anytime anywhere, authentication.
Key Facts about Aadhaar:
- It is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to every individual resident of India.
- It serves as proof of identity, which is linked to the individual's biometric and demographic information.
- The Aadhaar programme was launched in 2009 by the UIDAI with the goal of providing a unique and verifiable identity for every resident of India.
- It is now mandatory for a number of government services and is also being used by private companies for identification purposes.
Source: Business standard
Consider the following statements regarding the Aadhaar Good Governance Portal:
1. It is aimed at streamlining the approval process for Aadhaar authentication requests.
2. It is launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A.1 only
B.2 only
C.Both 1 and 2
D.Neither 1 nor 2
Answer C