The Aadhaar card gets generated within 3-4 weeks after all the details are collected by the e-governance officials. Officials point that it is not a substitute to the hard copy of the Aadhaar card which is issued by the UIDAI, but is equivalent to it.Īadhaar acknowledgement is issued to a citizen after he/she enrolls with UIDAI.

Sources in the E-governance Department which has been entrusted with the task of providing this service say that they do not have numbers available on how many e-Aadhaar cards have been issued.Į-Aadhaar is a softcopy of your card, that you can see on the UIDAI website you can take a printout of this pdf file on an A4 sheet and keep it with you, just like you would download any other form or document.

Though this service was introduced a year ago, not many know about it. Now you can get e-Aadhaar card, without having to wait for the UIDAI to send the card to you. With increased demand for Aadhaar cards and the urgency among people to get the card, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has taken initiative to provide the cards electronically.

Adhar soft copy