Aadhaar authentication capacity to rise to 250-300 million: Mishra

Aadhaar authentications could more than double in the coming years, with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) preparing to handle 250-300 million authentications a day, compared with around 100 million currently, UIDAI Chairperson Neelkanth Mishra said.

“We are now doing 100 million authentications a day… we are preparing to go to 250 to 300 million,” Mishra said. “The number of entities has expanded. More than 600 entities now use Aadhaar,” he said, adding that the identity infrastructure was increasingly becoming a base layer for digital services.