India's Education Ministry says no agreement with UIDAI over school database access

India's Ministry of Education told an RTI request that it entered into no agreement with UIDAI, even though the authority has "viewing rights" to schoolchildren's mandatory Aadhaar biometric update status in the UDISE+ database. No privacy assessment was disclosed, and child data protection duties under the DPDP Act do not begin until May 2027.

• UIDAI has only "viewing rights" to MBU status; no data is shared with it
• No agreement was signed linking UDISE+ and Aadhaar; no privacy assessment disclosed
• Biometric updates completed for over 2 crore children in 1.56 lakh schools
• Child data protection duties under the DPDP Act start only in May 2027