Amending regulation
Aadhaar (Payment of Fees for Performance of Authentication) Amendment Regulations, 2025
This amending instrument records 4 discrete changes to regulation 3: a new sub-regulation (2A) is inserted (the renumbered authentication-with-update fee), sub-regulation (3) is updated to cross-reference (2A), and the 2024-inserted sub-regulations (4) and (5) are omitted in their entirety. Net effect: the “fee for authentication with update” mechanism is moved from (4)–(5) to (2A) and is now charged at the standard sub-regulation (2) rate (rather than the flat ₹5 of the 2024 version).
Changes
(2A) Where a requesting entity has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding or agreement with the Authority for performing authentication with update regarding the status as to whether any Aadhaar number previously submitted has been subsequently omitted or deactivated or re-activated, for any response subsequently made by the Authority by way of such update in respect of performance of authentication of Aadhaar numbers, a fee as specified in sub regulation (2) shall be chargeable to such requesting entity for every such update: Provided that no such fee shall be charged, where the requesting entity provides such information to the Authority which is relevant for deactivation of Aadhaar numbers. Provided further that the Authority may, where such update is in the interests of performance of its functions and exercise of its powers, including the maintenance of information of Aadhaar number holders in CIDR, updating of their current details for continued accuracy in CIDR, processing of information of Aadhaar numbers and inquiry into CIDR, by order, waive such fee, to such extent as such order may specify.
Sub-regulation (3) re-cited to read with sub-regulation (2A) — only the cross-reference list is updated; the rest of (3) is unchanged.
The fee specified in sub-regulations (1), (2) and (2A) ………………
Sub-regulation (4) (the 2024-inserted authentication-with-update fee) is omitted in its entirety; the equivalent mechanism is now in the new sub-regulation (2A).
Sub-regulation (5) (the CPI-indexation rule for the (4) fee) is omitted in its entirety as a consequence of (4) being omitted.