UIDAI RESTORES AIRTEL’S E- KYC AUTHORISATION

New Delhi, March 30: The UIDAI has restored Bharti Airtel’s authorisation to conduct Aadhaarbased verification of its mobile subscribers subject to specific conditions, sources said.

The company will have to submit quarterly reports on compliance with Aadhaar Act and adhere to directions issued by the UIDAI from time to time.

Sources told PTI that the suspension on Airtel Payments Bank’s eKYC licence, however, has not been lifted.

Airtel — whose eKYC licence has been conditionally restored — will be required to submit quarterly compliance reports “till further orders” and the UIDAI “reserves its rights to verify such reports on its own or through an auditor appointed by the authority”, one of the person familiar with the development said.

Airtel did not offer any immediate comments on the issue.