Startups weigh government nod to use Aadhaar KYC for gig workers

Food delivery, ecommerce, ride hailers and other consumer-facing startups are evaluating applying to the union government for an explicit approval for Aadhaar authentication as they struggle to verify their gig workers via simple Aadhaar eKYC processes, industry insiders said.

This comes on the back of the ministry of electronics and information technology’s (Meity) crackdown on all forms of unauthorised use of Aadhaar-based digital onboarding services. ET reported this development on June 9.

Meity even blocked access to the websites of startups like…