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The auto-updates will occur whenever citizens make updates to their Aadhaar card...
The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has reportedly been tasked with overseeing a system that would auto-update crucial government documents via Aadhaar..
As reported by The Economic Times, the government wants to build a system that will allow users to update information such as home addresses on key documents (such as driving licenses, ration cards, and voter ID cards) without the need to visit specific departments or ministries..
An official told the publication:. "If, for instance, we get ten ministries on board, citizens updating their addresses on Aadhaar will be asked if they wish to get it auto-updated in the records of other ministries as well..
Benefits of an auto-update system. An official told the publication that an auto-update system to update DigiLocker documents via Aadhaar will most importantly "save departments time and costs, and eliminate the menace of fake documents."..
