ID please? MeitY verifies identity verification startups

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has stepped up scrutiny of startups such as Surepass, Digitap, Zoop and Signzy for possible unauthorised access to Aadhaar, permanent account number (PAN) and goods and services tax (GST) databases, three people in the know told ET. The government is checking if these firms, which offer identity verification services, are using authorised service providers or bypassing protocols.

MeitY has restricted access to some of these companies’ websites through certain telecom networks.

“Representatives of some of…