Consider the following about the Unique Identification Authority of India UIDAI 1 It was established...........

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Consider the following about the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

1) It was established as a statutory authority under the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.

2) It is an attached office of NITI Aayog.

Which of the above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

None

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Explanation:

Statement 1: Under the Aadhaar Act 2016, UIDAI is responsible for Aadhaar enrolment and authentication, including operation and management of all stages of Aadhaar life cycle. It also focuses on developing the policy, procedure and system for issuing Aadhaar numbers to individuals and perform authentication and also required to ensure the security of identity information and authentication records of individuals.

Statement 2: It is under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Prior to its establishment as a statutory authority, UIDAI was functioning as an attached office of the then Planning Commission.