Government establishes, the Unique Identification Authority of India

No: 1718 Dated: Jul, 12 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), the Central Government, hereby establishes, the Unique Identification Authority of India, to exercise the powers conferred on, and to perform the functions assigned to it under the said Act, with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.

 2. The head office of the Authority shall be in New Delhi with regional offices at Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, New Delhi, Ranchi, Mumbai and Chandigarh and offices for Central Identities Data Repository operations at Bengaluru and Manesar.