An Aadhaar card plays an important role in our everyday life. Hence, it is essential for every Indian to link their Aadhaar card registered mobile number in the UIDAI website which is the Unique Identification Authority of India database. With an increasing number of fraudulent activities and mishaps happening around, it is advised to follow the government protocols and link mobile number to Aadhar card correctly.
To take control over the increasing corruption, the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) has made sure to come up with a solution. The DoT has initiated a TAF-COP portal. The TAF-COP portal stands for Telecom Analytics for Fraud management and Consumer Protection. To decrease fraudulent activities, the DoT or Department of Telecommunications has taken a plethora of steps to allow proper telecom service providers which it TSPs to the users/subscribers. According to the protocol, a single user can register with upto 9 phone connections with the same identity.
Now, let us proceed and see how to link mobile number with Aadhaar card.
Features of TAF-COP portal
The TAF COP, as the name suggests, has been framed in order to assist the users. It also surveys the number of phone number registrations made using the specific name. And if any extra connection is detected by the TAF-COP portal, necessary steps are taken instantly.
Given below are some facilities offered by the TAF COP portal:
- If any subscriber has additional (more than nine) connections in their name, then they will be intimated by message.
- If any subscriber has any extra connection they can take immediate steps through the portal.
Guidelines On Customer Acquisition
The approaches to Customer Acquisition have been published by the DoT. According to the guidelines, a subscriber can make phone connections and registrations up to 9 times in a single name. This has been mentioned on the TAF-COP website as well.
Steps To Check Your Mobile Number
Now, let us learn the steps to follow and find the mobile connections in your name.
- Visit the TAF-COP website i.e. https://tafcop.dgtelecom.gov.in/.
- Provide the phone number you want to check.
- Click on “Request OTP”.
- You will receive a six-digit unique one time password on the same number you have entered.
- Click on “validate OTP” on the following page.
- Now you will be redirected to a list of mobile numbers linked with the provided number or your ID.
- To report the additional registrations, you can select the extra ones and apply them to report.
How To Link Mobile Number To Aadhaar Card
You can link mobile to Aadhaar card with the simple steps below:
- Go to the website of your telecom operator.
- Provide the number you want to link your Aadhar card with.
- You will receive an OTP on the same number.
- Provide the correct OTP and tap on submit option.
- Now, you will get a consent notification on the screen.
- Enter your Aadhaar number.
- You will again get a message from the telecom operator to generate an OTP.
- Furthermore, you will get e-KYC details.
- Accept the terms and conditions. Also, make sure you enter the right OTP.
- You will receive a confirmation text after completion of the process.
Now, you can link your mobile number with your Aadhaar card very easily. Go through “how to link a mobile number with an Aadhaar card” carefully and get your work done. Also, you can easily verify your Aadhar Registered Mobile number from the TAF- COP portal.