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Karnataka

Karnataka government and professional portals may use Aadhaar for OTP-based e-KYC. That is a login or identity-verification step inside the Karnataka service—not a way to edit Aadhaar.

The Nursing Council example

The Karnataka State Nursing Council publishes a combined Aadhaar and DigiLocker e-KYC workflow for professional registration. Its instructions say the KYC process is OTP-based, ask the user to fetch education records through DigiLocker and then perform e-KYC inside the KSNC app. The transaction verifies a person for the council; it does not enrol them for Aadhaar or change their UIDAI data.

When the names do not match

KSNC tells applicants to ensure that the Aadhaar and SSLC names match. That is a warning to compare records, not a reason to rewrite a factually correct identity. Check the birth or school record and Aadhaar side by side, identify which one is wrong, and follow the correction process for that record. A portal’s preferred spelling is not evidence by itself.

For an actual Aadhaar transaction

  1. Leave the Karnataka application and open UIDAI’s official centre search.
  2. Confirm whether the selected station handles adult enrolment, child enrolment, demographic update or biometrics.
  3. At the visit, verify the operator preview and take the UIDAI EID or update request number.
  4. Return to the Karnataka service only after the UIDAI request is complete and the updated Aadhaar can be verified.

Keep the references separate: a KSNC application or KYC acknowledgement traces the council workflow; a UIDAI EID/update request number traces the Aadhaar transaction.

OFFICIAL-SOURCE WALKTHROUGH

What the government page actually shows

Captured 24 Aug 2026
Karnataka State Nursing Council page showing an Aadhaar and DigiLocker e-KYC workflow.
OFFICIAL SOURCE · ksnc.karnataka.gov.inOpen original ↗
Karnataka State Nursing Council — Aadhaar/DigiLocker e-KYC guidance

This official Karnataka workflow demonstrates Aadhaar being used for KYC inside another system. It does not provide Aadhaar enrolment or correction.

  1. 1
    Official council

    The Karnataka State Nursing Council is the owner of this professional-registration workflow.

  2. 2
    KYC application

    The download is labelled as an Aadhaar/DigiLocker e-KYC app, not myAadhaar.

  3. 3
    OTP-based step

    The instructions use Aadhaar-linked mobile OTP inside KSNC; that does not change the UIDAI mobile record.

UIDAI DATA · 30 JUN 2026

Karnataka data snapshot

The figures below come from UIDAI’s state/UT saturation report. They provide context for coverage; they do not identify a live centre or prove that every resident record is current.

UIDAI refreshes this report PDF in place. The figures on this page reflect the report dated 30 June 2026; the current UIDAI link may show a newer or older edition. Open the archived 30 June 2026 edition.

MeasureValue
Projected population (2026)6,89,62,000
Estimated live Aadhaar6,70,27,107
Saturation97.19%
Data date30 Jun 2026

Official sources

  1. Karnataka State Nursing Council — Aadhaar/DigiLocker e-KYC guidance
  2. UIDAI — current documents, services and fees
  3. UIDAI — State/UT-wise Aadhaar Saturation Report (current file)
  4. UIDAI — archived 30 Jun 2026 saturation report used for these figures
LAST EDITORIAL REVIEW · 26 AUG 2026 DATA · 30 JUN 2026