If you do not remember your Aadhaar number, you can still download it. You can download your password-protected e-Aadhaar after entering the OTP.

You have to enter your Aadhaar number or enrolment ID, name as with UIDAI, pincode of registered address and a security code. Like most other online Aadhaar services, this too requires access to your registered mobile number for OTP (one-time password). The download Aadhaar option is available under the Aadhaar enrolment section of UIDAI website: eaadhaar.uidai. You can access the UIDAI circular here: bit.ly/2HGzmaT. “Ministries/Departments/State Governments/agencies accepting printed Aadhaar as proof of identity are hereby required to accept downloaded Aadhaar (e-Aadhaar) also as a proof of identity and not to discriminate it vis-a-vis printed Aadhaar,' the circular further stated. The circular further clarified that e-Aadhaar is a valid and secure electronic document which should be treated same as a printed Aadhaar letter.

The downloaded Aadhaar (e-Aadhaar) is a digitally signed document by UIDAI as per IT Act, 2000 which provides for legal recognition of electronic records with digital signatures,' the UIDAI circular states. The downloaded Aadhaar also contains date of Aadhaar generation and date of Aadhaar download. “It is informed that downloaded Aadhaar (e-Aadhaar) carries name, address, gender, photo and date of birth details of the Aadhaar holder in similar form as in printed Aadhaar letter. “An Aadhaar number, in physical or electronic form subject to authentication and other conditions, as may be specified by regulations, may be accepted as proof of identity of the Aadhaar number holder for any purpose,' states Section 4(3) of Aadhaar Act, 2016. The Authority had issued this clarification in response to complaints that e-Aadhaar was not being accepted by various authorities. UIDAI had clarified in April last year that this downloaded Aadhaar or e-Aadhaar is a valid proof of identity.

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