Ministry of Electronics & IT
Aadhaar based face authentication transactions
cross all time high of 10.6 million in May
Posted On: 29 JUN 2023 5:10PM by PIB Delhi
Aadhaar based face authentication transactions for service delivery are gaining robust momentum with
monthly transactions in May touching an all time high of 10.6 million, since its launch in October 2021.
This is the second consecutive month to register more than 10 million face authentication transactions.
The number of face authentication transactions is on an upward trajectory and the monthly numbers
clocked in May is an increase of 38 per cent, compared with such transactions reported in February
2023, indicative of its growing usage.
The AI/ML based face authentication solution developed in-house by the Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI), is now being used by 47 entities, including state government departments, ministries
in the central government and some banks.
Among many usages, it’s being used for registering beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan
Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana; for authentication of beneficiaries in the PM Kisan scheme and for
generating digital life certificates at home by pensioners. It’s being used for marking staff attendance at
several government departments and for opening bank accounts at a few leading banks via their business
correspondents.
Among several states, the government of Andhra Pradesh is using Aadhaar based face authentication for
Jagananna Vidya Deevena Scheme for fee reimbursement to eligible higher education students and under
EBC Nestham scheme for welfare delivery to women from economically backward segments.
Face authentication provide features like ease of usage, faster authentication and it is preferred as an
additional modality to strengthen the authentication success rate along with fingerprint and OTP
authentications. It captures live images for authentication. It is safe against any video replay attacks and
static photo authentication attempts by anti-social elements.
Face authentication is also working as a robust alternative and helping senior citizens and all those who
have issues with the quality of their fingerprints due to several reasons including manual work or health
issues.
The month of May also saw the UIDAI executing 14.86 million Aadhaar updates following request from
residents
Aadhaar e-KYC service continues to play a key role in the banking and non-banking financial services
sectors by providing transparent & improved customer experience and helping in ease of doing business.
More than 254 million e-KYC transactions were carried out in May alone.
By the end May 2023, the cumulative number of Aadhaar e-KYC transactions has gone past 15.2 billion.
Continued adoption of e-KYC is significantly reducing customer acquisition cost of entities like
financial institutions, telecom service providers among others.
Whether it is AePS for last mile banking, e-KYC for identity verification, Aadhaar enabled DBT for
direct fund transfer or authentications, Aadhaar, the foundation of India’s digital public infrastructure and
a tool of good governance, is playing a stellar role in improving Ease of Living for residents.
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