Over 100,000 Schools have been saturated by UIDAI’s special drive on mandatory biometric update in Aadhaar; millions of children benefited

• UIDAI's Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) is a statutory requirement under the Aadhaar framework for children to re-capture fingerprints, iris and photograph at ages 5 and 15, since juvenile biometrics are not stable.
• A mission-mode school-saturation drive, launched September 2025, has covered >1.03 lakh schools and updated biometrics of ~1.2 crore children by March 2026.
• Examinable because it links digital identity, child welfare, e-governance (DPI), and Centre-State coordination via the UDISE+ integration.