Masked Aadhaar Download: Aadhar number is very important for any work or for government related schemes. Aadhar card or Aadhar number is issued by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India).
Aadhaar is an essential document to avail benefits of government subsidies and various government welfare schemes in India. However, some people are falling prey to online fraud in the name of online KYC. Hence, to make Aadhaar more secure, UIDAI gives you the option of ‘Mask Aadhaar ID’. Mask Aadhaar can be shared without disclosing important personal information of the user including the 12 digit number. Let us tell you how you can avoid counterfeiting by using mask base. Also how to download it.
1. Mask Base
Masked Aadhaar has been invented to keep the Aadhaar card safe. In this, the first 8 digits of your Aadhaar number are not visible and the last four digits will be visible. In Masked Aadhaar, the Aadhaar number is written in this way- XXXX-XXXX-1111. With this, even if the card is lost or stolen, it cannot be misused.
2. Where to use?
Mask Aadhaar card can be used for eKYC update and verification. Mask Aadhaar Card only displays the last four digits of your Aadhaar. Users can share their mask Aadhaar for eKYC at places where it is not necessary to share all the digits of Aadhaar.
3. Password Protected
Mask Aadhaar is password protected. So, you can open the file by entering first four letters of your name in capital letters and your year of birth in YYYY format.
4. Steps to Download
- Log on to the official UIDAI website and click on ‘Download Aadhaar’ option;
- Select the Aadhaar / VID / Enrollment ID option and tick the Mask Aadhaar option
- Enter the requested information there and click on ‘Request OTP’ option
- An OTP will be sent to your Aadhaar-registered mobile number
- Enter the OTP and click on ‘Download Aadhaar’
- Now, your mask Aadhar card will be available for download.
