Over 100,000 Schools have been saturated by UIDAI's special drive on mandatory biometric update in Aadhaar; millions of children benefited

India, March 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

In a milestone achievement, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has saturated more than 103,000 schools across India and helped millions of school students complete their mandatory biometric update (MBU) in Aadhaar at ease and comfort of their school campuses.

So far, the massive exercise has helped around 1.2 crore (12 million) school children complete their MBU right in their schools.

UIDAI rolled out the mission mode MBU drive for school children in September 2025, after a successful technological integration with the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) application.

The integration with UDISE+ of the union Department of School...