India, April 10 -- Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has reportedly asked the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to come up with a new Aadhaar law aligned with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.

Speaking at Aadhaar Samvaad event on Tuesday, the minister underlined the need to update legal framework surrounding Aadhaar.

"When the Aadhaar Act was made, there was no appropriate data protection and privacy protection law," Vaishnaw was quoted as saying in an ET report.

"Now we have the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. After a lot of consultation and discussions, the rules have been formulated and prepared. Very soon the rules will be notified. Now the work of making the Aadhaar law compatible with this ...