Aadhaar's with facial recognition feature from Sept 15

New Delhi, Aug 19: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the body which issues Aadhaar cards, has announced a phased rollout of facial recognition feature as an additional mode of authentication with telecom service providers (TSP) being the first to use it, starting September 15.

It has also proposed a monetary disincentive for telcos found slipping on the prescribed targets from the middle of next month.

For authentication agencies other than telecom service providers (TSPs), UIDAI said specific instructions will be issued on the implementation of face authentication feature, but did not give a fresh deadline.

Significantly, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has further said ‘live face photo’ capture and its verification with the photo obtained in eKYC will be essential in those cases where Aadhaar is used for issuance of mobile SIMs.