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NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India has deactivated Aadhaar numbers of over 2.5 crore deceased persons to prevent misuse of the identity document, Parliament was informed.<\/p>\n

The Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha that Aadhaar is the world\u2019s largest biometric identity system with approximately 134 crore live Aadhaar holders.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of a nationwide clean-up effort to maintain the continued accuracy and integrity of the Aadhaar database, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated more than 2.5 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased persons till date.<\/p>\n

In case of the death of a person, it is essential that his or her Aadhaar number is deactivated to prevent potential identity fraud, or unauthorised usage of such Aadhaar number for availing welfare benefit,\u201d Prasada said.<\/p>\n

He said several measures have been taken to reduce the risk of identity fraud and ensure leak-proof delivery of benefits in the country, including the biometric lock and unlock feature, which enables an Aadhaar number holder to \u201cLock\u201d his or her biometrics, preventing any unauthorised authentication attempts.<\/p>\n

The minister said that \u201cFace Authentication\u201d has been deployed with \u2018Liveness Detection feature\u2019 to prevent spoofing and ensure the physical presence of the beneficiary during transactions.<\/p>\n

He said measures have been taken to promote Aadhaar Secure QR Code, Aadhaar paperless offline e-KYC, e-Aadhaar and Aadhaar verifiable credentials for offline identity verification.<\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India has deactivated Aadhaar numbers of over 2.5 crore deceased persons to prevent misuse of the identity document, Parliament was informed. 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