To achieve its full potential, it should be made easier and safer to use
On September 29, 2010, Ranjana Sonawane, a resident of Tembhli in the tribal district of Nandurbar in Maharashtra received the first Aadhaar number. In less than 10 years, 95 per cent of the adult residents in India have gotten theirs. For a large number of these people, Aadhaar was the first usable ID, in the absence of which they found it difficult to access services.
Do they use it? Yes, about once a month. Equally important, they are satisfied with Aadhaar (92 per cent), trust that the data is safe (90 per cent) and feel that it has made PDS rations, MGNREGS and other social programmes more reliable (80 per cent). These are the findings of the latest State of Aadhaar Report (SoAR) — a study that attempts to capture the impact of Aadhaar in the real world by bringing out voice of the user.
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