Okay, so UIDAI is switching things up with Aadhaar cards. They’ve said there are some changes coming in 2025 that will touch pretty much everyone. Starting October 1, 2025, getting your Aadhaar info updated is gonna cost a bit more. If you need to change your name, address, birthday, or phone number, it’ll be ₹75 instead of the old ₹50.

Also, if you’re doing biometric updates – like fingerprints, iris scans, or photos – that’s going up from ₹100 to ₹125. UIDAI says they’re doing this to make things better and keep up with tech expenses. These new prices are sticking around until 2028.

UIDAI Amendments to the Rules for Aadhaar Cards

In 2025, Aadhaar Card rules have undergone many amendments by UIDAI. But there is good news for children. UIDAI has said that updating children’s fingerprint and iris scans for children aged between 7 and 15 years, will completely be free of charge, after requiring a charge before. UIDAI explained that children’s faces and biometrics change as they age and therefore an update is necessary. Schools have been asked to assist and ensure that no children’s Aadhaar Card will become inactive because of outdated biometrics.

New Document Guidelines and Digital Update Process

In July 2025, UIDAI put out new guidelines for Aadhaar Card updates and new enrollment. With this rule, there will now be a single list of documents for Indian citizens, NRIs, OCI and HUF. UIDAI has said very clearly that every citizen and resident can only have one Aadhaar number. If anyone has more than one, action will be taken.

Previously, UIDAI allowed free online updates until June 14th, 2025, but that ended with the new release of document updates. Now, people have to pay a static fee for any updates. Analysts consider that UIDAI may allow updates for free on a limited time in the future, so people should continue to check the website for updates by UIDAI.

The most significant development will take place on November 1, 2025. UIDAI is going to start a fully digitial way of updating information. From then, users will be able to change their name, address, date of birth, gender and mobile number online without searching for an Aadhaar Centre. They will be taken directly to proof, which will digitally authenticate the information using government bodies, eliminating the need to upload documents remotely or go to an Aadhaar Centre for physical verification.

This is going to benefit particularly residents of rural communities and small towns who previously had to wait in long queues to make the same simple change to their identity. Now, for the user experience, they will just use OTP verification to make the changes on the myAadhaar portal or via the app from the comfort of their own home, although they will still have to visit an Aadhaar Centre to get their biometrics updated.

Using this digital mechanism, UIDAI will be able to create a plain, fast and technology-based Aadhaar experience, which is another fundamental step to modernising India’s digital identity experience.