To prevent fraudsters, money launderers, criminals, or terrorists who procure SIM cards by issuing fake documents, the government has mandated linking Aadhaar Card with your mobile phone number.
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You can link your mobile phone number with Aadhaar and re-verify it through a one-time password (OTP)-based method, an agent-assisted authentication, or IVR facility. Apart from a self-attested copy of the Aadhaar Card, no other documents are required. The verification is free of cost.
The process is the same for prepaid as well as post-paid connections. For the offline procedure, while the prepaid customers will have to visit a retailer, the post-paid ones will have to visit the store of the concerned operator.
Here’s how you can link a new mobile phone number with Aadhaar:
How to link your existing mobile number with Aadhaar through OTP:
Offline method:
Online method:
How to verify through Interactive Voice Response System-based method:
Meanwhile, the government has asked all telecom operators to provide the facility to link Aadhaar for senior citizens and specially-abled people by sending their representatives to their homes. For the new applicants for the Aadhaar Card, they can link their new cards with their mobile phone numbers once they receive them.
How to update or change your mobile number in Aadhaar?
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First Published: Apr 13, 2021 2:31 PM IST
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