Aadhaar authentication grows 44% in August to 2.2 bn, says IT ministry

Authentication of individuals using Aadhaar grew by 44 per cent to about 220 crore in August, the IT ministry said on Thursday.

As of end August 2022, a cumulative number of 8,074.95 crore Aadhaar authentications have been carried out so far, as against 7,855.24 crore such authentications by the end of July, indicating rise in use of Aadhaar based services.

"Aadhaar usage and adoption by residents is witnessing sizable growth indicative of how it is increasingly supporting ease of living for residents. In August, 219.71 crore authentication transactions were carried out via Aadhaar, a growth of more than 44 per cent against July 2022," the statement said.

Around 1,000 social welfare schemes in the country run by both Centre and states have been notified to use Aadhaar till date.

Aadhaar custodian Unique Identification Authority of India is in discussion with state government to onboard more services on Aadhaar platform.

A majority of these monthly transactions were done by using .