# UIDAI issues revised SOP for Aadhaar name changes 2026-10-05T10:07:37+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for updating names in Aadhaar, replacing the earlier procedure issued in 2021. The new SOP was uploaded on September 18, 2026, and is effective from that date, according to both The Economic Times and Business Standard. The revised procedure covers minor corrections such as spelling mistakes, adding or removing a middle or last name, expanding abbreviations, removing dots and correcting random capitalisation. It also includes provisions for name changes after marriage or divorce, following a gender change, and for children whose Aadhaar carries an HoF-based name. A complete name change is classified as a Major Name Change and requires a Gazette Notification. All name updates must be processed at an Aadhaar Enrolment Centre or Aadhaar Seva Kendra. The Economic Times reports the fee for a separate demographic update is Rs 75. Applicants must submit the required supporting documents and can track the request using the Update Request Number (URN) on the acknowledgement receipt. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both The Economic Times and Business Standard offer near-identical procedural coverage of UIDAI’s revised name-change SOP, treating it as a straightforward service update. Neither outlet questions the policy, highlights delays or complaints, or includes any government-critical framing. The uniformity suggests the story was sourced directly from UIDAI’s circular and is being reported as a public-information piece. With no conflicting facts or divergent editorial choices, the balanced reading is that the coverage simply informs citizens of the new document requirements and process steps, ending on the concrete detail that applicants need the Rs 75 fee and a Gazette Notification for a major name change. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Straight procedural guide with no slant - business-standard.com (neutral report) Factual summary of SOP categories and steps This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Aadhaar, UIDAI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/uidai-issues-revised-sop-for-aadhaar-name-changes/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/uidai-issues-revised-sop-for-aadhaar-name-changes/#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/