Aadhaar No Longer Mandatory To File Nominations For National Awards

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday issued a notification stating that Aadhaar Card is not mandatory for inline nomination on the ''National Awards Portal''.

The MHA in its notifications said that it has the central government's authorization and is allowed to perform voluntary Aadhaar authentication for the ''National Awards Portal'' for the purposes given in the notification.

"Online Nominations for various awards of different Ministries/ Departments. And Online Nomination from individual or organizations or Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in various fields/ activities," the notification read.

"Under Secretary (Public), Ministry of Home Affairs shall adhere to the guidelines with respect to use of Aadhaar authentication as laid down by the Central Government," it added.

Earlier, Aadhaar was made mandatory for the nomination of Awards, but now the column 'Do you have Aadhaar' on National Awards Portal has been disabled.

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