Over 1 Crore Mobile Numbers Linked With Aadhaar In Feb

New Delhi: Over 1 crore mobile numbers were seeded in Aadhaar following requests from residents in the month of February, an official statement said on Friday. The linking of mobile numbers with Aadhaar jumped 93 percent in February from 56.7 lakh registration in January, according to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

"Over 10.97 million mobile numbers were seeded in Aadhaar following requests from residents in the month of February 2023, a jump of more than 93 percent over the previous month," the statement said. (Also Read: Man Loses Apple Watch In Sea, Finds Days After In Working Condition - Here's How)

Linking of Pan number with Aadhaar is considered to be one of the key factors that pushed the growth of seeding mobile numbers with Aadhaar. Till date 90 crore Aadhaar holders are estimated to have linked their mobile numbers with their unique ID. (Also Read: Hyderabad Man Spends Rs 6 Lakh On Idlis In A Year, Says Swiggy Analysis)

"The UIDAI has been encouraging residents to link their Aadhaar with mobile number for better and effective communication while availing welfare services and accessing the multitude of voluntary services," the statement said.

Nearly, 1700 Central and State social welfare direct benefit transfer (DBT) and good governance schemes have been notified for use of Aadhaar. Aadhaar authentication transactions increased by 13 percent to 226.29 crores in February over 199.62 crore transactions executed in January.

UIDAI has recorded 9,255.57 crores Aadhaar authentication transactions cumulatively till February 2023. "While a majority of the authentication transaction numbers were carried out by fingerprint, it is followed by demographic and OTP," the statement said.

More than 26.79 crore e-KYC transactions were carried out in the month of February taking the cumulative count to 1,439.04 crores, according to UIDAI.