Aadhaar Service Fees To Rise in Two Phases from 1 October 2025

Moneylife Digital Team 29 September 2025

Public Interest

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced a revision in the fees charged for Aadhaar-related services, which will come into effect from 1 October 2025. The revision will be implemented in two phases and will cover services such as updating or correcting demographic details, biometric data and requesting Aadhaar printouts.

In the first phase, services that currently cost Rs50 will increase to Rs75, while those costing Rs100 will be revised to Rs125. In the second phase, which begins on 1 October 2028, the fee for Rs75 services will go up to Rs90 and the Rs125 services will rise to Rs150. These revised charges will remain effective until 30 September 2031.

New Aadhaar enrolments will continue to remain free of cost. Mandatory biometric updates for children aged 5–7 years and teenagers aged 15–17 years will also remain free, with UIDAI directly compensating service centres for these updates. However, biometric updates for children aged 7–15 years and individuals aged above 17 years will be chargeable, with fees increasing from Rs100 to Rs125 in the first phase, and then to Rs150 in the second phase.

For Aadhaar services requested directly by citizens through the UIDAI portal, the fee has been increased from Rs50 to Rs75 starting October 2025.

The official announcement was also shared through UIDAI’s Aadhaar Office Western Region on X (formerly Twitter):

UIDAI has revised Aadhaar Enrolment/Update service charges which will be effective from 1st Oct 2025
Enrolment & MBU (5 & 15 yrs): Free,
Updates/Demographics: 75, Biometrics: 125, Printout: 40.#UIDAI #Aadhaar #AadhaarUpdate @UIDAI @GoI_MeitY @MahaDGIPR pic.twitter.com/jAiDFwDLOh
— Aadhaar Office Western Region (@UIDAIMumbai) September 29, 2025

The payments made by UIDAI to service centres for facilitating these updates have also been revised under the new structure. For years, these payments were not consistently received, but centres now expect to get the updated amounts in line with the revised framework.

This phased fee hike, UIDAI said, is aimed at ensuring service centres are adequately compensated while keeping enrolments and mandatory child updates free of cost.

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