India On Track To Register Its Entire Population using Aadhaar Digital ID : World Bank

14 January, New Delhi

The World Bank has said India is on track to register its entire population using the Aadhaar digital ID.

In its World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends, the Bank acknowledged that digital identification system will help government to promote the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in its welfare schemes.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said digital technologies are transforming the worlds of business, work and government. World Bank’s Chief Economist Kaushik Basu said it is an amazing transformation that today 40 per cent of the world’s population is connected by the Internet.

The report noted that digital technologies can promote inclusion, efficiency, and innovation.

India has provided unique digital identification to nearly one billion people in five years and increased access and reduced corruption in public services, the report said.

World Bank’s Co-Directors, Deepak Mishra and Uwe Deichmann author the Report.