What is Aadhaar Number?

What is Aadhaar Number?
Aadhaar Number
Aadhaar is a unique 12 digit number issued by the government as proof of identity and residence in India. No resident can have a duplicate number since it is linked to their individual.

WHAT AADHAAR IS
A number(12 Digits)
For every individual, including infants
Enables identification, and is for every resident
Will collect demographic and biometric information to establish uniqueness of individual
Voluntary
For every resident, irrespective of existing documentation
Each individual will be given a single unique ID number
UIDAI will enable a universal identity infrastructure that any ID based application like ration card, passport etc. can use
UIDAI will give a “Yes” or “No” response for any identification authentication queries
WHAT AADHAAR ISN’T
Another Card One per family
Establishes citizenship and is only for indians
Will collect profiling information such as caste, religion, language
Mandatory
Only for individuals who possess identification documents
Individual can obtain multiple AADHAARs AADHAARs will replace all other IDs
UIDAI information will be accessible to public and private agencies