Consumer doesn't have an Aadhaar card, he or she is out of luck

Reliance store now seem to be running out of the registration forms that allowed them to disburse SIM cards earlier. So instead of using the registration forms, they are handing out SIM cards using the Aadhaar-based registration process and if a consumer doesn't have an Aadhaar card, he or she is out of luck.

few weeks ago Reliance rolled out e-KYC for Jio SIM cards using Aadhaar card as the base. According to Jio, the Aadhaar-based KYC process allows it to complete the Jio registration process for a consumers with minutes. However, the Aadhaar-based KYC process is not yet available in all Reliance Jio stores and all cities. For now only big stores like the Reliance Digital Store in Great India Palace have been equipped with it.

At the same time, getting Jio SIM continues to be a frustrating experience. The queues and wait lists are long at most places and although Jio had hoped that with Aadhaar-based KYC process it would speed up the disbursement of SIM cards, that hasn't yet happened due to the great rush.