Appointment of Requesting Entities (Authentication User Agency & e-KYC User Agency) Sub AUAs are agencies that use Aadhaar authentication to enable its services through an existing requesting entity.Ī requesting entity (such as AUA, KUA) connects to the CIDR through an ASA (either by becoming ASA on its own or by contracting services of an existing ASA). An AUA may be government / public / private legal agency registered in India, that uses Aadhaar authentication services of UIDAI and sends authentication requests to enable its services / business functions.
Requesting Entities About Requesting Entities (AUA, KUA)Īs per the Aadhaar Act 2016, a requesting entity means an agency or a person that submits Aadhaar number and demographic information or biometric information, of an individual to the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) for authentication.Īuthentication User Agency (AUA) is an entity engaged in providing Aadhaar Enabled Services to Aadhaar number Holder, using the authentication as facilitated by the Authentication Service Agency (ASA).
