{"id":7111,"date":"2012-05-12T04:17:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T22:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/?p=590"},"modified":"2023-07-01T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:36:37","slug":"what-is-aadhaar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/what-is-aadhaar.html","title":{"rendered":"Aadhaar card &#8211; What  it is ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on behalf of the Government of India. This number will serve as a proof of identity and address, anywhere in India. Any individual, irrespective of age and gender, who is a resident in India and satisfies the verification process laid down by the UIDAI, can enroll for Aadhaar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each individual needs to enroll only once which is free of cost. Each Aadhaar number will be unique to an individual and will remain valid for life. Aadhaar number will help you provide access to services like banking, mobile phone connections and other Govt and Non-Govt services in due course.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Some other information about Aadhaar:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"UIDAI\" href=\"http:\/\/uidai.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aadhaar<\/a> will be:<br \/>\nEasily verifiable in an online, cost-effective way<br \/>\nUnique and robust enough to eliminate the large number of duplicate and fake identities in government and private databases<br \/>\nA random number generated, devoid of any classification based on caste, creed, religion and geography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"UIDAI\" href=\"http:\/\/uidai.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/uidai.gov.in\/images\/FrontPageUpdates\/whatisaadhaarnumber.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on behalf of the Government of India. 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