936 million Aadhaar-based authentications is just the tip of the iceberg

After linking Mid-day meal scheme, IT returns, govt plans to link more schemes to Aadhaar

Aadhaar-based authentication has reached a record high of 936 million this month. This comes in the backdrop of the Union government contesting a battle against the demand of right to privacy and data protection in the Supreme Court.  

The officials said that the current number of Aadhaar-based authentications was merely the tip of the iceberg. Numbers would only rise in the future as more government schemes and processes would be linked to it. 

For instance, the government has undertaken a huge exercise to link 100 million students enrolled under Mid-day meal scheme with Aadhaar. The students would have to