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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 1,216.8 crore authentications: Govt swamps SC with UID data -Dhananjay Mahapatra

1,216.8 crore authentications: Govt swamps SC with UID data -Dhananjay Mahapatra

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published Published on Nov 4, 2017   modified Modified on Nov 4, 2017
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bombarding the Supreme Court with statistics to convince it about ease of doing day-to-day activities with Aadhaar, the Centre said 118.64 crore Indians, which is 88% of the population, had obtained Aadhaar and they used it 1,216.8 crore times for authentication purposes.

"As of today, the total number of Aadhaar-based authentication is 12,168,022,172. Therefore, the Indian population has used Aadhaar-based authentication over 1,216 crore times to authenticate their identities and avail benefits and services under the Aadhaar Act and/or other laws," the Centre said in its affidavit filed through advocate Zoheb Hossain.

Challenging the petitioners' constant complaint that linking of biometrics collected through Aadhaar to banking and other services was a violation of right to privacy, the Centre said over 12.64 crore bank accounts were opened using Aadhaar-based e-KYC. "Over 54.25 crore bank accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar as of October 15. Of the newly-opened 30.54 crore Jan Dhan accounts, over 18.97 crore accounts have used Aadhaar," it said.

The country's biggest employment mechanism for daily wagers under MGNREGA too saw a surge in use of Aadhaar, according to statistics provided by the Centre. "Over 9.54 crore active MGNREGA workers of the existing database of 10.93 crore active workers have seeded their Aadhaar numbers and are receiving their daily wages directly in their bank accounts," it said.

"Of a total 2.83 crore pensioners, 1.48 crore have linked Aadhaar to receive pension directly in bank accounts. Over 1.36 crore residents got passport based on Aadhaar authentication. Over 50 crore SIM cards have been issued using Aadhaar e-KYC service. All these are empirical evidence of the working of Aadhaar and is proof of a robust system of financial inclusion and reliability, which gives confidence to people to adopt the system and use it on a large scale," the Centre said.

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The Times of India, 4 November, 2017, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/1216-8-crore-authentications-govt-swamps-sc-with-uid-data/articleshow/61500605.cms


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