By Surabhi Agarwal, ET Bureau|
Jul 26, 2017, 11.27 PM IST
The government has asked all agencies including banks not to rely on paper-based Aadhaar but authenticate it using biometrics or one-time-password since paper-based Aadhaar can be faked, said Ajay Bhushan Pandey , CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India. In an interview to ET, Pandey said the Aadhaar Act also mandates using Aadhaar with authentication. This comes after over 200 government websites had published the Aadhaar numbers and bank account details of beneficiaries. Edited Excerpts