Glossary

Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on behalf of the Government of India.

Aadhaar Holder is an individual who holds an Aadhaar Number.

Aadhaar Number is the unique identification number issued to a an Aadhaar number holder by UIDAI

Aadhaar Enabled Services is services provided by an Authentication User Agency to Aadhaar Holder, using the Aadhaar Authentication Services of UIDAI.

Aadhaar Authentication Services is the authentication services provided by UIDAI and used by Authentication User Agency where the personal identity information of / data of an Aadhaar-holder (who is a beneficiary, customer, employee or associate of the Authentication User Agency is matched with their personal identity information / data that is stored in the UIDAI’s Central Identity Data Repository in order to provide Aadhaar enabled services to such Aadhaar holder.

Aadhaar Seeding means linking Aadhaar holder’s Unique 12 digit AADHAAR number with their Personal Identification Documents or Benefit Cards such as:

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  Scholarships
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  Pension ID
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  MNREGA Job Card
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  LPG Consumer ID

Business Correspondent is a term for banking channel for rural India.

Biometric Failure to Enrol

Best Finger Detection means identification of the best finger(s) to improve authentication accuracy and hence be more inclusive in supporting Aadhaar authentication across all sections of society.

Below Poverty Line

Common Service Centres operating as franchisees of Service Center Agency (SCA) within a State, as part of the CSC Scheme of the National E-Governance Plan of India.

Civil Society Outreach, an invitation undertaken by UIDAI to get learnings from NGOs on issues related to Migrant labour, homeless etc.

De-duplication is the process of using the Demographic and Biometric data collected from an enrollee to check against rest of the data so as to avoid duplicate enrolments.

Date of Birth

Demographic Data refers to the personal information collected or verified by the Enrolling Agency based on the data fields prescribed by the UIDAI and by following the process laid down for the purpose. The data collected is passed on to the UIDAI as per the process prescribed.

Government –to- Citizen or transactions of Government which are targeted to large population.

Government-to-Government are those transactions that are with Central or State Government.