Aadhaar in Context Aadhaar in Context 2.1 Aadhaar in Context ID 1.2 billion people2 Food3 39% of people Finance have Aadhaar 72% of adults (an estimated 609 million) have linked their bank accounts to Aadhaar; 87% of all bank accounts are linked7 29% of household transactions are completed via the Aadhaarenabled Payment System (AePS)8 (an estimated 330 million) give their Aadhaar-linked biometrics regularly to receive rations 29% of households (an estimated 80 million) depend on these rations for more than half of their monthly supplies Energy Education 47% of children (an estimated 125 million) enrolled in school using their own or their parent's Aadhaar 50% of households have given their Aadhaar at least once for LPG subsidy Communication 41% of adults (an estimated 345 million) gave their Aadhaar for a SIM connection 11% of households (an estimated 32 million) have given their Aadhaar at least once for kerosene subsidy Livelihood 9 million people older than 65 years verified their Aadhaar to continue drawing social pensions, which for most is their only source of income4 90% of farmers (an estimated 96 million) have given their Aadhaar at least once for their fertilizer subsidy5 102 million MGNREGS workers have given their Aadhaar at least once in order to receive MGNREGS wages6 7 2. 3. 4. 5. UIDAI. 2019 Unless otherwise mentioned, statistics in the context section have been reported from the State of Aadhaar 2019 in-depth survey. Estimated population or household numbers are for the 16 states and 1 union territory covered in the survey. National Social Assistance Program. State level dashboards MicroSave. Niti Aayog. Assessment of AeFDS (Aadhaar enabled Fertilizer Distribution System) Pilot, 2019 6. 7. 8. Ministry of Finance. The Economic Survey of India 2018-19 UIDAI. 20th August 2018 The Reserve Bank of India. Statistics: Retail Electronic Payment Systems Data’, accessed in October 2019 8