New Milestone: 125 crore residents of India have Aadhaar now

New Delhi, December 27: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced a new milestone achieved by the Aadhaar project – the crossing of the 125 crore mark. This means that over 1.25 billion residents of India have a 12-digit unique identity.

 

The achievement comes along with the rapidly increasing use of Aadhaar as the primary identity document by the Aadhaar holders. This is evident from the fact that Aadhaar-based authentication services have been used close to 37,000 crore times since inception. At present, UIDAI receives about 3 crore authentication requests every day.

Also, residents are more inclined to keep their details in Aadhaar up to date. UIDAI recorded close to 331 crore successful Aadhaar updations (biometric and demographic) to date. At present, UIDAI receives about 3-4 lakh Aadhaar requests every day.

 

Earlier this month, the income tax department had said it is mandatory to link permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar numbers by the end of this year.

"Building a better tomorrow! To reap seamless benefits of income tax services, complete the vital link before 31st December 2019," the department had said.

The deadline to link the permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar was extended till December 31 by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) through an order issued in September this year.