Govt launches Aadhaar Good Governance portal to ease process for Aadhaar authentication requests
This is in sync with an effort to make Aadhaar more people-friendly, enable ease of living, and enable better access to services for people.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the Aadhaar Good Governance portal to streamline the approval process for Aadhaar authentication requests. This is in sync with an effort to make Aadhaar more people-friendly, enable ease of living, and enable better access to services for people.
The Aadhaar Good Governance portal was launched by Shri S. Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY in the presence of Shri Bhuvnesh Kumar, CEO UIDAI, Shri Inder Pal Singh Sethi Director General of NIC, Shri Manish Bhardwaj, DDG UIDAI, Shri Amod Kumar, DDG UIDAI and other senior officials from MeitY, UIDAI and NIC.
The online platform, http://swik.meity.gov.in, comes into effect after the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025, under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, was notified in late January 2025.
This amendment has been done to help improve transparency and inclusivity in the decision-making process.
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The amendment enables both government and non-government entities to avail Aadhaar authentication service for providing various services in the public interest for related specific purposes like enablement of innovation, spread of knowledge, promoting ease of living of residents and enabling better access to services for them.
This will help both the service providers as well as the service seekers to have trusted transactions. The fresh amendment enables Aadhaar number holders to avail of hassle-free services from several sectors, including hospitality, healthcare, credit rating bureaus, e-commerce players, educational institutions, and aggregator service providers.
Service providers will also find it helpful for a range of things, including staff attendance, customer onboarding, e-KYC verification, exam registrations, etc.
The portal shall work as a resource-rich guide and offer detailed SOP for authentication-seeking entities on how to apply and how to onboard for Aadhaar authentication. Face Authentication may also be integrated with the customer-facing apps of private entities, which will enable anytime anywhere, authentication.
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