More than 40 crore  Aadhaar numbers generated till date

Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI has reiterated that the target of 60 croreAadhaar enrolments will be achieved by 2014. More than 40 crore 29  lakh Aadhaarnumbers have been issued till date and the process is continuing at a healthy pace. Only in the month of July, 2013, about Two Crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated. It has also announced the setting up of permanent enrolment centres in various states to enroll residents who have been either left out in earlier enrolment drives or for those who wish to update their Aadhaar data. Recently, UIDAI also unveiled three new Aadhaar-Enabled Services viz. Authentication services using Iris, Authentication service using One Time Pin and eKYC ( Electronic-Know Your Customer) service, all of which have been developed to empower residents to authenticate anytime, anywhere using a digital platform.   Nearly seven months after the launch of Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT), the government has allocated about Rs 250 crore on various welfare programmes and made around 32 lakhpayments through Aadhaar Payment Bridge.  Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery is linked to various government schemes such as Scholarship, Pension Scheme, Dhanalaxmi, Janani Suraksha Yojana, payment of social security benefits such as old-age payments, distribution of LPG subsidy etc. The DBT is now being implemented in 28 schemes across 121 districts and soon a review meeting will be done to take stock of its progress and to expand it in other schemes and the remaining districts of the country. //pib/