“Government of India will stop issuing new Aadhaar cards for persons older than 5 years from 01 October 2022”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Oct 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
UIDAI and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) have not issued any such order to stop new Aadhaar enrolments. Further, Minister of State for MeitY clarified that the enrolment for Aadhaar is a continuous process in the country
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 October 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 October 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CjRrCHlqdhl/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=a7eb6e7d-fc51-492f-8a…
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