India, Feb. 28 -- The Indian government approved the integration of Aadhaar-enabled facial authentication into private companies' mobile applications to allow users to easily and securely verify their identities. It is expected that making this process available will increase accessibility, quality of life, electronic transactions, and improve digital transactions in several industries, including service aggregator providers, health care, e-commerce, credit rating agencies, and educational institutions.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asserts that the initiative conforms to the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025, aimed at expanding the ap...