The government is clarifying that the reports regarding modifying the Aadhaar card into a photograph and QR code are baseless. No such proposals have been considered by the government.

An official statement has been issued by the Ministry of Electronics & IT, which says that the news articles and social media postings regarding changes in the Aadhaar card design are baseless and misleading.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said on Sunday, "From time to time, news reports and internet media posts are suggesting that the Aadhaar format may change to just a photo and QR code by the end of this year. This is not true. No such change is planned. Such news reports and internet media posts are creating unnecessary confusion in the minds of people."

The ministry advised citizens to have faith only in official communications from UIDAI and requested media outlets not to disseminate any unverified news.

This clarification can be found in the context of widespread news regarding the redesign of Aadhaar. Currently, Aadhaar has approximately 1.34 billion users and has enabled over 17,000 crore authentication transactions so far.

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a petition seeking a direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India to issue new Aadhaar cards only to citizens up to the age of six.

The petition seeks strict guidelines for issuing Aadhaar to juveniles and adults to prevent infiltrators from masquerading as Indian citizens. According to the Supreme Court's schedule, the petition will come up for hearing on May 4th before a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Jaymalya Bagchi.

The PIL, filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, also seeks directions to authorities to install display boards at Common Service Centres (CSCs) clearly stating that the 12-digit Unique Identification Number is only a "proof of identity" and not proof of citizenship, address, or date of birth. The petition was filed after the petitioner learned of how infiltrators were obtaining Aadhaar through a weak verification process.