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Aadhar numbers to be used for social pensions, MGNREGA wages

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Press Trust of India Agartala
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:11 AM IST

"The Aadhaar-enabled applications would be utilised immediately in some selected 50 districts of the country, where the enrolment covered over 70 per cent," the Rural Development Minister told reporters here last night.

Over 20 crore people in the country were enrolled under the Unique Identification scheme and more than 40 crore people would be enrolled under the same scheme within 18 months, he added.

Tripura secured the first position in implementation of UIDAI project and covered more than 90 per cent of the population.

  

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First Published: Jul 01 2012 | 9:05 PM IST

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