The Aadhar Card has become an important document for all citizens of India to possess if they want to avail many of the services provided by the government. Aadhaar is one of the most accessible documents in the country, which is required right from making a train booking to open a bank account.

Amid such a scenario, what happens if you lose your Aadhaar card?

The Aadhaar card, which is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), may be retrieved in multiple ways.

How to retrieve lost/forgotten Aadhaar number when it is linked with mobile number?

Visit the following link to retrieve your lost or forgotten Aadhaar number online: https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/retrieve-eid-uid

Then, select your requirement to retrieve Aadhaar. After that, enter your full name as in Aadhar along with mobile number/email that is linked with Aadhaar and Captcha, followed by the OTP. After completing the mobile-based OTP authentication, the Aadhar number will be sent to you through SMS to the linked mobile number.

This service is free of cost.

In case, your mobile number is not linked with your Aadhaar number, you can follow any of these two processes.

Option 1: You can retrieve the Aadhaar number with the help of the operator at the Aadhaar enrollment centre with the help of the ‘Print Aadhaar’ service.

You will have to visit the centre in person and provide the following mandatory information: Name, gender, district or PIN code as per the Aadhaar generated enrolment.

In case the requirement could not be traced due to presence of multiple records, additional available demographic details such as year of birth, C/O, state, etc. may also be provided for narrowing the search.

You will then be asked to provide biometric authentication using single fingerprint or single iris. Once the match is found, the operator will provide you will the printout of the e-Aadhaar letter.

This service will cost you Rs 30.