DoT wants telecom operators to stop Aadhaar-based biometric authentication

The deadline to submit the plan was October 15 but operators have sought more time

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in accordance with a Supreme Court order, will soon come up with a notification asking telecom operators to stop biometric authentication on the basis of the Aadhaar. 

According to sources, the notification will be out in a couple of days. 

The DoT will withdraw its earlier order on Aadhaar authentication. Operators will have to go back to physical verification for on-boarding customers for the time being while the DoT prepares an alternative digital mechanism.

According to sources, around 95 per cent of the verification of customers takes