(THE GIST OF PIB) Scheme for Innovation and Technology Association with Aadhaar

(OCTO BER-2025)

Scheme for Innovation and Technology Association with Aadhaar

Recently, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched the Scheme for Innovation and Technology Association with Aadhaar (SITAA).

About Scheme for Innovation and Technology Association with Aadhaar:

It was launched to strengthen India’s digital identity ecosystem and combat emerging security threats such as deepfakes, spoofing and presentation attacks.
It aims to bring together startups, academic institutions and industry players to co-develop secure, scalable and globally benchmarked solutions that enhance Aadhaar authentication.
SITAA will particularly focus on advanced biometric technologies, authentication frameworks, artificial intelligence, and data privacy.
The SITAA pilot phase will roll out three targeted challenges designed to address critical areas of Aadhaar authentication security:
Face Liveness Detection: Startups are invited to develop software development kits (SDKs) for passive and active face liveness detection.
Solutions must prevent spoofing through photos, videos, masks, morphs, deepfakes, and adversarial inputs.
Presentation Attack Detection (PAD): Academic and research institutions can submit proposals for advanced PAD solutions that leverage AI/ML to detect a wide range of attacks, including print, replay, masks, morphs, and deepfakes.
Solutions must be privacy-compliant, scalable, and capable of real-time or near-real-time detection.
Contactless Fingerprint Authentication: It focuses on developing SDKs for fingerprint authentication using standard smartphone cameras or low-cost imaging devices.
The solutions must ensure high-quality image capture, spoof detection, and compatibility with Aadhaar’s authentication ecosystem.