--- title: "To Avail Government Benefits, Subsidies UIDAI Circular claimed Aadhaar to be Mandatory" description: "UIDAI issued circular that states if an individual doesn't have an Aadhaar number, the individual cannot be entitled to avail government subsidies and" author: "Siddhi Shaw" published: 2022-08-17 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1888/to-avail-government-benefits-subsidies-uidai-circular-claimed-aadhaar-to-be-mandatory category: "internet" tags: ["internet", "government"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # To Avail Government Benefits, Subsidies UIDAI Circular claimed Aadhaar to be Mandatory The **[Unique Identification](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39644/in-order-to-provide-more-choice-to-citizens-authenticating-using-aadhaar-the-unique-identification-authority-of-india-uida-has-introduced-a-new-authentication-method-along-with-fingerprints-and-iris-what-is-this-method) Authority of India (UIDAI)** has issued circular which states that if an individual do not have an **Aadhaar number** or enrolment slip, the individual would not be entitled to avail government subsidies and benefits. Last week, UIDAI had issued a circular to all central ministries and [state governments](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41292/how-did-progressive-reformers-change-local-and-state-governments). ``` HIGHLIGHTS On August 11, UIDAI issued a circular to central ministries and state governments Over 99 percent of the adults in the country were issued with an Aadhaar number EID number or slip was needed for availing central and state government services ``` On **11st August** the circular was issued to tighten the Aadhaar rules for those who would not have an [Aadhaar](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12311/all-about-bhim-aadhaar-app) number and were availing of the subsidies and [advantages](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12841/5-advantages-of-customer-portal-you-didn-t-know-about) provided by the government. As per the circular, if an individual requires certificates by government that were used for determining the eligibility of beneficiaries for delivery of benefits, subsidies or services under the [government](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1832/government-had-been-successful-in-completing-the-5g-spectrum-harmonisation-process) schemes, an individual should have an Aadhaar number. The circular even states that there has been an existing provision in **section 7** of the Aadhaar Act to facilitate an individual who has not been allotted an Aadhaar number, to get the benefits, subsidies, and services '**through alternate and viable means of identification**.' The latest circular has mentioned that over **99 percent** of the adults in the country have been issued with an Aadhaar number. Along with this the Aadhar has improved the quality of resident or citizen [experience](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12276/how-timely-order-deliveries-can-improve-customer-experience) in getting welfare services. According to the circular, '**Thus within the above backdrop and considering the provision to Section 7 of the Act...in case an individual has not been allotted with Aadhaar number, he or she would assign an [application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android) for enrolment and by that time Aadhaar number would be allotted to such individual, he or she would be able to avail the benefits, subsidies and services through alternate and viable means of identification along with Aadhaar Enrolment Identification (EID) number or slip**.' This means an Aadhaar **Enrolment Identification (EID)** number or slip would be needed for availing [central and state](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40387/in-which-city-a-multi-agency-exercise-named-pralay-sahayam-was-conducted-involving-all-central-and-state) government services, benefits and subsidies if one doesn't have an Aadhaar number till now. Hence, UIDAI has issued one more circular on August 11 that states entities might create the **Virtual Identifier (VID)** optional. As UIDAI has mentioned in the circular '**some government entities might need the Aadhaar number in their several databases for smooth [implementation](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33764/how-to-implementation-of-class-in-c-sharp) of the welfare schemes. Therefore, such government entities might need beneficiaries to give Aadhaar numbers and created VID optional**.' Also Read: [Aadhaar fraud: How to prevent it - Alankit Limited](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/259300/aadhaar-fraud-how-to-prevent-it-alankit-limited) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1888/to-avail-government-benefits-subsidies-uidai-circular-claimed-aadhaar-to-be-mandatory Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.