New Delhi, May 3 -- The Ministry of Information Technology on Sunday junked viral social media claims that the Aadhaar card will be updated with a new look later this year.

A number of social media posts have been claiming that the government is planning to introduce a new Aadhaar card for Indians which will contain the photo of the person along with a QR code. The posts have also been claiming that the government is introducing these changes in order to prevent identity theft as well as data leak.

"There are intermittent news reports and social media posts explaining how Aadhaar's look may change by the end of this year to just a photo and a QR code, alone," the central government said in a press release.

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