Question: Recently the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) generated the 100th crore Aadhaar on April 4, 2016, touching the landmark in a span of five-and-a-half years since the first Aadhaar was issued in 2010. Presently Aadhaar coverage now is at what percent among people above the age of 18?
(a) 90%
(b) 93%
(c) 95%
(d) 92%
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- On 4 April 2016 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) generated the 100th crore Aadhaar touching the landmark in a span of five-and-a-half years since the first Aadhaar was issued in 2010.
- This comes just a few days after a historic legislation Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits, and Services) Act 2016 has been notified by the Government.
- Aadhaar coverage now is at 93 percent among people above the age of 18 (as per projected population figures of 2015).
- As on date, in thirteen states and union territories (UTs) Aadhaar saturation has crossed 90 percent, while in thirteen other statues and UTs it is between 75-90 percent.
- Aadhaar Achievements
- More than 100 crore people have Aadhaar
- 96 Crores (93%) of adults in India have Aadhaar
- 25 Crore (67%) Children of age 5-18 Years have Aadhaar
- 30 Crore (20%) Children of Age 0- <5 years have Aadhaar
- Every day more than 5-7 lakhs people get enrolled for Aadhaar.
- Aadhaar is now the largest online digital identity platform in the world.
- Aadhaar Benefits
- DBTL (Pahal) – estimated savings of Rs 14,672 cr.
- PDS – estimated savings of Rs 2,346 cr. across 4 states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry and Delhi
- Scholarship – estimated savings of Rs 276 cr. across 3 states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab
- Pensions (NSAP) – estimated savings of Rs 66 cr. across 3 states of Jharkhand, Chandigarh and Puducherry
- Aadhaar Usage
- 48 cr. Bank accounts linked with unique Aadhaars
- Over 12.28 cr (71%)LPG connections linked with Aadhaar
- Over 39 crore (45%) ration cards linked with Aadhaar
- Over 5.90 cr. (60%) NREGA Cards linked with Aadhaar
- Aadhaar Authentication
- Over 150.6 cr. authentication transactions done by UIDAI
- Over 8.4 cr. e-KYC transactions done at UIDA
- UIDAI authenticates over 40 lakh auth transactions per day
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138555
https://uidai.gov.in/hi/