The amendments to the Aadhaar law will be harmonized vis-a-vis the b>DPDP Act 2023, keeping user interest at the centre, Union electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw says.

The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act was notified in the Gazette in August 2023 and the government's intention is now to ensure that the Aadhaar law is in tune with the Act. The rules required to operationalise the DPDP Act will be notified in two months. The draft rules were published on January 3.

Ashwini says,"When the Aadhaar Act was made, no appropriate data protection and privacy protection law existed. Now we have the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. After a lot of consultation and discussions, the rules have been formulated and prepared." no appropriate data protection and privacy protection law existed

"Very soon the rules will be notified. Now the work of making the Aadhaar law compatible with this DPDP Act needs to be done. I would like to ask the UIDAI to take this as one of the major tasks going forward," adds the minister

The Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025 expanded Aadhaar authentication to government and private entities for providing various services in the public interest boosting innovation, knowledge and public service enhancement.

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On Tuesday, the minister had launched a new Aadhaar app that will allow for face ID authentication.