25 Million Aadhaar Cards Deactivated: Government Reveals Reason in Parliament

• Over 25 million Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals have been deactivated by UIDAI to prevent fraud and misuse of government schemes.
• Jitin Prasada, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, informed Parliament about this significant action.
• Deactivating Aadhaar after death mitigates risks of identity theft, banking fraud, and illegal activities.
• UIDAI employs technical safeguards like biometric lock/unlock, liveness detection, and Aadhaar Data Vault for enhanced security.
• A national-level cleanup campaign is ongoing, matching data from various states to address challenges in database accuracy.