UIDAI working to make smartphones as universal authenticator CEO
Mumbai Nov 24 PTI The Unique Identification Authority of India UIDAI is looking at using smartphones as universal authenticator to establish a residents identity a top official said on Wednesday At present finger prints iris and one-time password OTP are used for authentication and efforts are on to increase the scope of the same its chief executive Saurabh Garg said addressing the ETBFSI Converge summit We are looking at how the smartphone can develop as a universal authenticator That is an area of work that is ongoing and we hope we will be able to proceed rapidly in that direction It will help people to do authentication right from where they are living staying etc Garg said He said at present of the overall 120 crore mobile connections 80 crore are smartphones which could be used for the authentication However no additional details were shared on how the process of identification can get complete using the smartphone Garg said privacy and data security are important for the authority and added that the Aadhar number is on its way to becoming a single identity which is universally available and authenticable Aadhar and the direct benefit transfers done using the number have helped the government save Rs 2 lakh crore by plugging leakages and duplication he said The banking and the telecom industry have rapidly adopted the Aadhar number for fulfilling the know-your-customer norms he said adding that 70 crore or half of the overall bank accounts are seeded with Aadhar However the number of pension accounts 3 crore and mutual fund holders around 10 crore is very less and those industries should make use of the facilities offered by Aadhar to rapidly expand coverage Garg said He said the UIDAI has now decreased charges for full KYC to Rs 3 per authentication and 50 paise for a simple yes or no authentication in order to drive up the usage At present there are 130 crore Aadhar cards covering 995 per cent of the countrys population he said adding that efforts are on to get the remaining 05 per cent of the residents into the fold PTI AA DRR DRR
Mumbai Nov 24 PTI The Unique Identification Authority of India UIDAI is looking at using smartphones as universal authenticator to establish a residents identity a top official said on Wednesday At present finger prints iris and one-time password OTP are used for authentication and efforts are on to increase the scope of the same its chief executive Saurabh Garg said addressing the ETBFSI Converge summit We are looking at how the smartphone can develop as a universal authenticator That is an area of work that is ongoing and we hope we will be able to proceed rapidly in that direction It will help people to do authentication right from where they are living staying etc Garg said He said at present of the overall 120 crore mobile connections 80 crore are smartphones which could be used for the authentication However no additional details were shared on how the process of identification can get complete using the smartphone Garg said privacy and data security are important for the authority and added that the Aadhar number is on its way to becoming a single identity which is universally available and authenticable Aadhar and the direct benefit transfers done using the number have helped the government save Rs 2 lakh crore by plugging leakages and duplication he said The banking and the telecom industry have rapidly adopted the Aadhar number for fulfilling the know-your-customer norms he said adding that 70 crore or half of the overall bank accounts are seeded with Aadhar However the number of pension accounts 3 crore and mutual fund holders around 10 crore is very less and those industries should make use of the facilities offered by Aadhar to rapidly expand coverage Garg said He said the UIDAI has now decreased charges for full KYC to Rs 3 per authentication and 50 paise for a simple yes or no authentication in order to drive up the usage At present there are 130 crore Aadhar cards covering 995 per cent of the countrys population he said adding that efforts are on to get the remaining 05 per cent of the residents into the fold PTI AA DRR DRR
