Aadhaar Authentication is the process wherein Aadhaar number, along with other attributes, including biometrics, are submitted online to the Central Identities Data Repository for its verification and such a repository verifies the correctness, or the lack thereof, on the basis of the information available with it. An authentication request is entertained by the UIDAI only upon a request sent by a requesting entity electronically in accordance with its regulations. The modes of authentication include Demographic Authentication, one-time pin-based authentication, Biometric-based authentication, Multi-factor authentication. According to Nandan Nilekani’s b log in Times of India in 2016 , Aadhaar provides open Application Programming Interfaces or APIs, which can be integrated easily into any electronic device . These APIs enable online authentication using a fingerprint or iris . Hence, both statements are right .