Aadhaar Card Update: Lottery started for crores of Aadhaar card holders! Now do this work for free for 1 year

The government has given a very good news for crores of people using Aadhar card in India. If there is any mistake in your Aadhar card or your information has become outdated, then now you do not need to worry at all. The government has extended the last date for free Aadhaar card updating by a full year. Now the citizens of the country will be able to make corrections in their Aadhaar card from date of birth to home address absolutely free of cost till June 14, 2027. For this you do not need to visit any government office, rather you can do this work sitting at home by visiting myAadhaar portal.

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has clarified that this facility of free Aadhaar card updating will be available only through online medium i.e. myAadhaar portal. Under this service, people can correct their Aadhaar information for free by uploading their identity card (ID Proof) and important address related documents (Address Proof) online.

Why did the government take this big decision?

According to UIDAI, the decision to extend this free service has been taken after the excellent and positive response received from the people. A large number of people in the country are updating their Aadhaar through online medium, due to which this entire process has become much easier and faster than before. Along with this, UIDAI has also made a special appeal to the general public. The authority says that those who had made their Aadhar card many years ago and have not updated their documents even once since then, should upload their important documents online as soon as possible. With this, accurate and up-to-date information about people will be maintained in the government database of Aadhaar.

Old mAadhaar app will be closed, new secure app comes

Apart from this big update, UIDAI has shared another very important information on its official social media platform The authority has said that the old ‘mAadhaar’ app will soon be completely closed. Instead, now users will have to download the new ‘Aadhaar’ app. This new app has been made more advanced than ever before, adding great features like secure QR code based Aadhaar sharing, better privacy controls and very easy digital access. UIDAI claims that this new app will make your digital identity more secure and convenient than ever.

How to update your Aadhar card online sitting at home?

If you also want to update your Aadhar card online without paying any money, then for this you will have to follow some very easy steps. First of all you have to go to the official website or portal of myAadhaar. There you will have to enter your Aadhaar number, after which an OTP will come on your registered mobile number. Enter that OTP and login to the portal.

After login, a profile will open on your screen, in which your name, address and all other information will be visible. Check this information very carefully. If you feel that any information given there is wrong, then first go to the option to correct it. At the same time, if all your information shown on the screen is completely correct, then click on the option ‘I verify that the above details are correct’ given there.

After this you will see a drop-down menu, from which you will have to select any one of your Identity Proof. After choosing the option, upload your identity card online. Keep in mind here that the size of your file should be less than 2 MB and it should be in JPEG, PNG or PDF format only. Immediately after this, you will have to select your address proof from the drop-down menu and upload it in the same format. Finally, tick the consent box and submit the form. In this way your Aadhar card will be updated absolutely free of cost.