New Delhi, May 28 -- A new draft bill that would replace the 117-year-old Registration Act, 1908, has proposed to make Aadhaar-based authentication optional for online registration of land documents and allow alternative verification mechanisms.

The bill introduces provisions to enable online registration, electronic presentation and admission of documents, issuance of electronic registration certificates, and digital maintenance of records.

It allows Aadhaar-based authentication with informed consent, but also alternative verification mechanisms for the people who do not have Aadhaar or choose not to use it.

The bill, prepared by the Department of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development, has been placed for public feedb...