The Unique Identification Authority of India, the Aadhaar-issuing authority, has decided to enable face recognition as another means of authentication from July 1, 2018. However, the face authentication option will be allowed only in fusion mode, along with another authentication option such as biometrics or one-time password (OTP) on the registered mobile number. Face authentication with liveness detection can be used as an additional factor to increase security," UIDAI said. “To facilitate this authentication service, UIDAI will work with biometric device providers to integrate face modality into the certified registered devices and also may provide standalone Registered Device (RD) service as required by the ecosystem,” a media statement from the authority said. According to UIDAI, more than 1,510 crore authentications have been performed as on date, out of which more than 1,045 crore are biometric authentications.

Source: The Hindu January 15, 2018 09:10 UTC