Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced new measure to make facial recognition mandatory for every authentication that requires Aadhaar.

• The facial recognition will come as additional feature along withregular authentication process that includes identification of an individual based on fingerprints or eye scans.
• It is being used to provide additional security layer and also make Aadhaar process more inclusive.
• This process will be rolled out in phased manner and it will be initially mandated for providers of SIM cards of telecom service providers (TSPs).

The telecom operators have been directed that at least 10% of their total monthly authentication transactions should be performed using facial recognition from September 15, 2018.