‘Aadhaar usage has saved Rs 90,000 crore’, claimed UIDAI chairperson J Satyanarayana

An average of three crore people use the Aadhaar on an everyday basis to avail social welfare schemes like rations, pension and rural employment, claimed UIDAI chairperson J Satyanarayana.

Published: 12th July 2018 04:42 AM  |   Last Updated: 12th July 2018 04:42 AM   |  A+A-

By Express News Service

HYDERABAD: An average of three crore people use the Aadhaar on an everyday basis to avail social welfare schemes like rations, pension and rural employment, claimed UIDAI chairperson J Satyanarayana.

He was speaking at an event at Indian School of Business (ISB), on Wednesday. More than `90 thousand crores are estimated as reported savings or gains by analysing the departments of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Food & Public Distribution; Rural Development and others.

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