Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 27 Aadhaar collects only four pieces of personal information – name age gender and address – along with biometric data. In addition Aadhaar has created new features such as virtual IDs that help protect an individuals privacy. An important objective of Aadhaar has been to improve the ability of the state to provide efficient transparent and targeted delivery of welfare services to a large number of residents who depend on it. Key findings of the report Getting Aadhaar Enrolment and Updates o Positives Aadhaar is Indias most ubiquitous form of ID today which provided the first identity document for an estimated 6570 million individuals. Some states have achieved enrolment levels higher than 99%. Assam and Meghalaya are exceptions with enrolment levels under 50%. o Concerns A sizable minority of adults and children still do not have Aadhaar. Some of those enrolled in Aadhaar have errors in their ID fingerprint authentication fails for a significant share of transactions. Using Aadhaar o Positives Aadhaar is becoming Indias default ID. Those who have Aadhaar use it regularly and across multiple services. 80% of respondents felt that Aadhaar had improved the reliability of governmentfunded welfare services. o Concerns Still marginalised groups face Aadhaarrelated exclusion from services. Moreover nearly 34% of Indians worry about linking Aadhaar to too many services and fear losing access to a service because of it. For example Around 0.8% of people experienced exclusion due to Aadhaarrelated reasons from a key welfare service (PDS MGNREGS social pensions) which they had earlier received. Similarly not only a family members Aadhaar is required for most school enrolments in some cases Aadhaar affected childrens access to welfare. For example An estimated 15 million children missed out on one or more midday meals because of difficulties with Aadhaar Shine india monthly magazine buy.
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