Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Parents Urged to Complete Children’s Aadhaar Biometric Updates
Children need to update their Aadhaar biometric details as they grow older.
In NTR district, 68,654 children have not completed these updates.
The pending updates involve children aged 5–7 and 15–17.
The updates are free for these age groups until September 30, 2026.
Parents are being asked to complete the process before the deadline.
Officials said this could help children avoid difficulties with Aadhaar-linked services later.
The district has 206 Aadhaar enrolment centres.
Schools, anganwadi centres and junior colleges will help inform parents and children.
Biometric updates for children aged 5–7 and 15–17 will be free until September 30, 2026.
A total of 68,654 children in NTR district have pending mandatory biometric updates.
The pending total includes 31,184 children aged 5–7 and 37,470 aged 15–17.
NTR district has 206 Aadhaar enrolment centres and completed 28,821 transactions during the past month.
Officials were directed to improve monitoring, establish permanent centres and conduct awareness programmes through schools and colleges.
- Who
- Parents, children, NTR district officials and departments involved in Aadhaar, education and public services.
- What
- Parents were urged to complete their children’s mandatory biometric Aadhaar updates, which are free for specified age groups until September 30, 2026.
- When
- The free-update facility is available until September 30, 2026; the district-level Aadhaar Monitoring Committee meeting was held on Tuesday.
- Where
- NTR district, including Vijayawada and Aadhaar enrolment centres across the district.
- Why
- To help children avoid difficulties accessing Aadhaar-linked services and to reduce the number of pending updates.
- Pending updates
- 68,654 children in total
- Age group 5–7
- 31,184 pending updates
- Age group 15–17
- 37,470 pending updates
- Free-update deadline
- September 30, 2026
- Aadhaar centres
- 206 centres in NTR district
- Transactions last month
- 28,821 Aadhaar enrolment and update transactions
- Meeting location
- AVS Reddy Conference Hall, Vijayawada Collectorate
