Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identity number for Indian residents, established by the UIDAI to prevent identity fraud and provide essential services. Despite 1.12 billion enrollments, 20% of the population remains unregistered, particularly in remote areas, necessitating more centers and awareness campaigns. While Aadhaar offers numerous benefits, concerns regarding user privacy and data security must be addressed through strict regulations and minimal data storage.

1. Aadhaar – An Identification Tool
Aadhaar is a 12 digit unique identity number that can be
obtained by residents of India, based on their biometrics
and demographic data.
The data is collected by the Unique Identification
Authority of India(UIDAI), a statutory authority
established in January 2009 by the government of India,
under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology.

2. National Identity proof
• Aadhaar is a right of every Indian citizen for his/her
unique identification. In India 1.12 billion people
have been enrolled for Aadhaar, but still 0.28 billion
i.e. 20% of the india’s population have not get
registered themselves for the Aadhaar card,
especially in the remote areas.
• There must be a 100% enrollment of Indian citizens.
• Aadhaar is a tool develop, to prevent an identity
fraud, especially in today’s age of digital
transactions.

3. More access in remote areas
To reach the remote parts of India, the government
should open more Aadhaar centres.
More youth should be employed in these centres, as
not much skills are needed for that. So negligible
expenses will be spent on their training.
Women workforce should be employed by the govt.
with a special machine and tools, so that they can
provide door to door services in the households of
remote areas.
Women workforce should tell to all the family
members i.e. men and women, about the Aadhaar card
and how its benefits them.

4. They should help the people in applying for the
Aadhaar and completing all the necessary
requirements at their home only
With the help of campaigns, people in the remote
areas can get to know more about an Aadhaar and its
benefits, such as:
It is a paperless online identity, anytime-anywhere.
It is a random generated number that does not depend
on caste, religion, creed and geography.
It helps in getting mobile connections, LPG
connections, opening a bank account , monthly
pension etc.

5. Aadhaar system is necessary for Indian citizens, but
privacy and security of users information and biometrics
is the main concern.
Aadhaar system is a digitized national identity scheme
that offers many benefits, but it should be designed very
safely and securely.
To increasing the usability and easiness, without
compromising privacy of an individual the UIDAI should
keep focus on the following security issues, such as:
1- Minimum dependence on Third-party: Biometrics
of the users should only be used by UIDAI for
“deduplication”. Third-party service providers should not
have access to users biometrics. They should rely on
OTP, PIN for authentication.

6. Minimum storage of information: To be safe from
cybercrime, UIDAI should store minimum amount of
personal data collected on their servers. As much as
possible, each user’s data will be stored by that user
on their smart cards i.e. e-Aadhaar cards.
Protect users from illegal data collection: There
should be strict penalties for service providers who
acquire data illegally(or via loopholes). Strict
enforcement and awareness should reveal among the
population about personal data privacy.

7. The UIDAI can charge 10 rupees per person for the
Aadhaar card per year as the maintenance fees, that
should be automatically deducted from the users bank
account at the end of the financial year. With the help
of this UIDAI can collect an amount of 14 billion
which they can use in their development projects,
technology enhancement etc.

8. Increased Usability And Easiness
without Compromising
Privacy Of An Individual
The Aadhaar architecture is flexible, fast, constantly
innovating. It is not just able to introduce new features,
but also manage their transition at scale. Systems are
not born through Immaculate Conception, they get
there through constant improvements. We should
applaud the UIDAI for being responsive to the
concerns of the public. We need to recognize that
providing a unique, secure identification, with instant
authentication anywhere, to 1.3 billion Indians is an
evolving endeavour. What India has accomplished in
less than nine years is nothing short of a revolution!

9. Even the homeless could get an Aadhaar, without
a valid proof of address, by the introducer
system. The UIDAI team knew that the
introducer system has challenges, but the trade-
off was to exclude people from getting an
Aadhaar because of a lack of documentation.

10. The new limited e-KYC (know your customer) will
not give away your Aadhaar number, unless the law
requires it. Second, every organization using
Aadhaar will necessarily get a token, i.e. an ID
number, that no one else in the world will have. This
token cannot be used to reveal your Aadhaar
number, nor can two colluding organizations “link"
your records. This is a guaranteed tokenization on
the back end, with no action required from the user.
Your privacy is protected as a default.