Therefore, the states and UTs are again requested to make use of “the facility of Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates and the visitors to prison inmates”, keeping in view the benefits arising out of such authentication, it noted.The MHA has also asked the states and the UTs to inform the Ministry about the status of linking of prisoners’ ID with Aadhaar and Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates and their visitors in “the attached Proforma on an urgent basis”. Information in this regard may be updated and provided every three months subsequently, it added.In its original notification, the MHA had said, “The competent authority in the Central Government has authorized this Ministry to notify under Rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules 2020, read with sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section 4 of Section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, for performance of Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates and for authenticating visitors to prison inmates.” Accordingly, the requisite Gazette Notifications in this regard, were issued, it added.
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