# UIDAI advises updating Aadhaar every five years, no expiry date 2026-11-08T15:56:28+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has clarified that Aadhaar cards have no expiry date, but it has advised people of all age groups to update their details once every five years. UIDAI Nizamabad district operations manager Lakavath Suresh told Deccan Chronicle that while the card does not expire, regular updates of biometric and iris information are necessary to keep records current. UIDAI is organising awareness programmes in educational institutions and other locations to educate people about Aadhaar services. Suresh also urged parents to enrol newborn children for Aadhaar and advised finalising a child's name before birth, as providing a name is compulsory during enrolment. Citizens were encouraged to visit Aadhaar Seva Kendras for assistance. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Deccan Chronicle and Siasat present uniform straight reporting of the UIDAI advisory. Each leads with the same core facts: no expiry date, the five-year update recommendation, and the official urging newborn enrolment. The coverage is identical in substance and tone, differing only in byline and minor phrasing. The implication is that the UIDAI is proactively managing public expectations about Aadhaar validity while pushing for data accuracy. Readers can take the advisory at face value as a routine administrative update. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - deccanchronicle.com (neutral report) Straight news report of UIDAI advisory - siasat.com (neutral report) Wire-style report quoting the same official This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Aadhaar, Lakavath Suresh, Nizamabad, UIDAI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/uidai-advises-updating-aadhaar-every-five-years-no-expiry-date/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/uidai-advises-updating-aadhaar-every-five-years-no-expiry-date/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/