Before the year ends, know: Is it necessary to lock your Aadhaar and what are its benefits? Know here in simple words

You will have many types of documents, one of which is Aadhaar card. This Aadhaar card is issued to the citizens of India, through which you can get many other works done, from government to non-government. From buying a SIM card to opening an account in a bank, Aadhaar card is required. Aadhaar card is issued for every person by the Unique Identification Authority of India i.e. UIDAI.

If you are also an Aadhaar card holder, then it is also important for you to know about some important things related to it. For example, if you want, you can get your Aadhaar card locked. Now you must be wondering what is locking Aadhaar and what are its benefits? So you do not need to worry because you can know about this in detail here. So let's know what it means to lock Aadhaar card. You can know about this in the next slides...

How can you get your Aadhar card locked:-
If you also want to get your Aadhar card locked, then you have to send a message from your registered mobile number
For this, you have to go to the message box and write GETOTP and then send this message to 1947
After this, you will get an OTP on your mobile number
Then you have to write LOCKUID, Aadhar number and OTP from the registered number and send it to 1947
As soon as you do this, your Aadhar card will be locked

You can also get Aadhar unlocked whenever you want:-
First step
Now when your Aadhar card is locked and you want to get it unlocked, then you can get it done
For this, you have to send a message again from your registered mobile number
You have to write GETOTP from the registered mobile number and then send this message to 1947

Second step
Then a message will come on your registered mobile number
So you have to write UNLOCKUID from your mobile number and send Aadhar number and OTP Write it and send it to 1947.

After this process, your Aadhaar card will be unlocked.

What is the benefit of locking Aadhaar?

We all know that many types of frauds happen through Aadhaar card. Therefore, it becomes necessary that you get your Aadhaar card locked, because after getting this done, no other person can use the biometric without the permission of the card holder. Therefore, if you want, you can get your Aadhaar card locked.