UIDAI or the Unique Identification Authority of India,, introduced a ‘Baal Aadhaar’ card. This blue-coloured card will be given to children below the age of five years. To get a Baal Aadhaar, no biometric details will be needed. UIDAI had made this announcement through a series of tweets on its official handle. “A child below 5 years of age gets a blue in coloured Aadhaar known as Baal Aadhaar. When the child becomes 5 yr old, a mandatory biometric update is required,” it said.
A mandatory biometric update will be required when the child turns five. For this update, which is free, parents can take the child to any nearby Aadhaar centre. “Remember to update biometric Aadhaar data of your child at the age of 5 years and then again at the age of 15 years. This mandatory biometric update for children is FREE,” UIDAI said in another tweet.
Interestingly, a child’s school ID (Photo ID issued by Recognized Educational Institution) can also be used for his/ her Aadhaar enrolment.
Even though it is not mandatory for children of this age to get an Aadhaar card, it is needed for attending educational programmes overseas and availing other government scholarships.
The process of updating these Baal Aadhaar cards will be same as that of a normal Aadhaar. It will require a biometrics of 10 fingers, iris and the facial photograph. The same process has to be repeated when the child turns 15.
However, after the completion of 5 years of age, the child’s biometric details will need to be updated. This work can be done for free at any close base center. If you do not update your child’s biometric details for 7 years then the card will be suspended.
