Whether you are getting any government work done or non-government work done, you need many types of documents for it. Like- Aadhaar card. Actually, Aadhaar card is issued for every person by the Unique Identification Authority of India i.e. UIDAI. Through this Aadhaar, you can get a SIM card and open a bank account. At the same time, Aadhaar card is needed for government work and to get subsidy as well as to join any scheme, but do you know that you can get your Aadhaar card locked and what are its benefits? If not, then you can know here. So let's know about this...
What is the benefit of getting it locked?
Actually, a lot of frauds can happen through Aadhaar card in today's time. So if you want to avoid hackers or fraudsters, then you can get your Aadhaar card locked. Its biggest advantage is that no other person will be able to use biometric without the permission of the Aadhaar card holders.
This is how you can get Aadhaar locked:-
If you also want to lock your Aadhaar card, then go to the message box from the mobile number linked to the Aadhaar card and write GETOTP
After this, send this message to 1947
Then you will get an OTP on your mobile number
After this, write LOCKUID, Aadhaar number and OTP from the registered number and send it to 1947, after which your Aadhaar will be locked
Also know the way to unlock Aadhaar card:-
Step 1
If you want to unlock Aadhaar after locking, then for this you first have to go to the message box of your mobile
Here write GETOTP from the registered mobile number
Then you have to send it to 1947
Step 2
After this, a message will come on your registered mobile number
In such a situation, you have to write UNLOCKUID from your mobile number and write Aadhaar number and OTP and send it to 1947
After this, you will see that your Aadhaar will be unlocked.
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