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Aadhaar card is an important document. Aadhaar number is required for everything from taking advantage of government schemes to child’s admission. Aadhaar card contains information ranging from your name, address and phone number to fingerprints. In such a situation, if Aadhaar falls into the wrong hands, you may have to face problems.
In such a situation, if you are worried that someone is misusing your Aadhaar, you can check it yourself from home. On the official website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), you can check online from home as to when and where your Aadhaar number has been used. No charge is taken from you for this.
This is its complete process…
1. First of all go to Aadhaar website or this link uidai.gov.in will go on.
2. Here, below Aadhaar Services, you will find the option of Aadhaar Authentication History, click on it.
3. Here you have to enter the Aadhaar number and the security code shown and click on Send OTP.
4. After this, an OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number linked to Aadhaar for verification. Enter this OTP and click on Submit.
5. After this, you will have to fill all the required information including authentication type, date range and OTP. (Note- You can see data up to 6 months.)
6. On clicking Verify OTP, a list will appear in front of you containing information on when and where Aadhaar was used in the last 6 months.
You can complain if it is misused
If you find out that your Aadhaar card has been misused after checking the records, you can immediately lodge a complaint. You can lodge a complaint by calling the toll free number 1947 or by emailing help@uidai.gov.in or uidai.gov.in/file-complaint You can also lodge a complaint online via the link.
There is no provision to cancel the Aadhaar after the death of a person
There is no provision to cancel the Aadhaar card after the death of a person. In such a situation, it is the responsibility of the family of the deceased to keep the Aadhaar card of the deceased safe and ensure that it is not misused.
If the person who has died was taking advantage of any scheme or subsidy through Aadhaar, then the concerned department should be informed about the person’s death. This will remove his name from that scheme.
What to do: One can lock the Aadhaar of a deceased person through the Aadhaar app or the UIDAI website. This will help prevent misuse of the Aadhaar number of the deceased person.
