Aadhaar Card Verification History Online Verification Process Explanation | UIDAI | Your Aadhaar card is not misused: You can find out sitting at home, there is also an option to complain if it is misused. Achi-News

Aadhar card is an important document. Aadhaar number is required for everything from availing the benefits of government schemes to adopting the child. Aadhaar card contains information ranging from your name, address and phone number to fingerprint. In such a situation, you may have to face problems if Aadhaar falls into wrong hands.

In such a situation, if you are worried that someone is misusing your Aadhaar, then you can check it yourself sitting at home. On the official website of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), you can check online from home when and where your Aadhaar number has been used. You will not be charged for this.

This is his full process…

1. First of all you need to login to Aadhaar website or this link uidai.gov.in.

2. Here, under 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 visible security code and click on Send OTP.

4. Next, an OTP will be imported for verification on the registered mobile number linked to Aadhaar, enter this OTP and click on Submit.

5. You will then need to fill in all the requested information including authentication type and date range and OTP. (Note – data can be displayed for up to 6 months.)

6. Once you click on Verify OTP, a list will appear in front of you which will contain information about when and where Aadhaar has been used in the last 6 months.

You can report abuse
If after going through the records you feel that the Aadhaar card has been misused, you can immediately lodge a complaint. You can file a complaint by calling toll free number 1947 or email [email protected] or you can also file a complaint online at uidai.gov.in/file-complaint.

There is no provision to cancel Aadhaar after the death of a person.
There is no system to cancel a person’s Aadhaar card after his death. In such a situation, it is the responsibility of the deceased’s family to safeguard the deceased’s Aadhaar card and ensure that it is not misused. If the deceased person was entitled to the benefit of any scheme or subsidy through Aadhaar, the concerned department should be informed about the death of the person. This will remove his name from this program.

What to do: The Aadhaar of a deceased person can be locked through the Aadhaar app or the UIDAI website. This will help in preventing misuse of the Aadhaar number of the deceased.