UIDAI updates Aadhaar authentication rules.

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a process for private entities to access Aadhaar authentication.

• Firms must refer their use case to a Union or State government Ministry or Department.

• The proposal must be referred to the UIDAI.

• The amendment removes language in the earlier rules that stated the purpose was in the “interest of good governance, preventing leakage of public funds.”

• The proposed use cases include hotels and the healthcare industry.