In today's time, Aadhar card has become a very important document. It is used at all places where ID proof is required. It has become very important for everyone from a child to an elderly person. Without Aadhar card you cannot avail the benefits of any government scheme. Along with banks and job joining, now it is also required in places like hotels. In recent times, cases of fraud related to Aadhar card have also come to light. If you use a special type of Aadhaar card, you can avoid frauds and scams caused by it.
UIDAI gives option to customers
Let us tell you that our personal and biographical details are present in the Aadhar card. Anyone can harm us by taking advantage of these details. Therefore, whenever we give our Aadhar card anywhere, we need to be extremely careful. We all have an Aadhar card but very few people know that along with the original Aadhar card, we are also given a second Aadhar card. We have to download this second Aadhar card from UIDAI website.
We are talking about masked Aadhar card. If you stay in hotels a lot due to work and use your original Aadhar card for ID proof, then you should avoid doing so. This one mistake of yours can cause huge loss to you. The original copy of Aadhar card should never be given in hotels. At such places you should use masked Aadhar card.
This Aadhar card remains safe
Let us tell you that masked Aadhar card is also issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India. This is a clone of your original Aadhaar card with slight changes. Masked Aadhaar card is much safer than the original Aadhaar card. Let us tell you that while the original Aadhaar card has full 12 digit numbers, the masked Aadhaar card has only the last 4 numbers. In this the first 8 numbers are hidden.
Masked Aadhaar card is completely valid. It is issued by UIDAI only. You can use it everywhere where common Aadhar card is used as ID proof. To make people aware, UIDAI has been asked many times to use masked Aadhar card instead of original Aadhar card.
Use masked Aadhar card in this way
- To download masked Aadhaar card, first go to myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in and login.
- Now after entering your Aadhaar number and captcha code, Send OTP will be sent.
- An OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number linked to your Aadhaar, verify by filling the OTP.
- Now you have to go to the Services section and select the option of Download Aadhaar.
- In the Review Your Demographic Data section, you will have to select the option of Do you want a masked Aadhaar.
- Now you have to click on the download option.
- Now your masked Aadhaar will be downloaded in PDF format.
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