Aadhaar Card Blog

22.80 Crore of PAHAL and Ujjwala beneficiaries are given Cooking Gas Subsidies through DBT in their Aadhaar linked bank accounts. Addressing India’s Aadhaar Biometric Digital Aadhaar ID, the World Bank stated that the UID initiative is estimated to save the Government about $1 billion annually by restraining corruption as it marked that digital technologies can elevate inclusion, efficiency, and innovation. According to the World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu, it is estimated that the Aadhaar Digital ID initiative is saving approximate ₹650 crore which is $1 billion a year that is by reducing leakage and corruption. Aadhaar – Unique Identification Digital system has influenced to one billion population enabling masses of the poor to access services more easily and making feasible for the Government of India to deliver welfare services smoothly. The government of India and UIDAI is on track to register or enroll its complete 1.25 billion of the population with Aadhaar. T...

Aadhaar is now mandatory to produce for getting government subsidy on purchase of kerosene and to take benefits if Atal Pension Yojana. Those who wants to avail kerosene subsidy or who are contributing towards pension scheme will now have to produce Aadhaar Number. Those people who still don't have Aadhaar Card, will have to enroll them self for Aadhaar to avail the benefits. Last date for submission of Aadhaar Number to avail Kerosene Subsidy is 30th September. And the last date given for Atal Pension Yojana is 15th June. To receive the cash transfer benefit directly into your bank account it is also mandatory to get your Aadhaar Number Seeded with Ration Card issued to household. The Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas has introduced DBT through which the subsidy amount is directly transferred to bank account of the beneficiaries who purchase the PDS Kerosene.