The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to make Aadhaar-based authentication mandatory for property registration from February 1, 2026. Under the new system, biometric verification of buyers, sellers and witnesses will be compulsory at the time of registration, marking a significant tightening of safeguards in land transactions across the state. Minister of State for Stamps and Registration, UP Government, Ravindra Jaiswal in a press conference in Lucknow said that Aadhaar-based verification will bring greater transparency and credibility to the registration process and will help in reducing cases of land and property-related fraud across the state.