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Srivas: Aadhaar will take 2.5 years to achieve full enrollment in India

M.C. Srivas · A Fireside Chat with MapR CTO M.C. Srivas (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark) · Dec 17, 2015 · at 13:03

M.C. Srivas, CTO of MapR, discusses the timeline for completing registration for India's Aadhaar biometric system.

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“At the rate of one and a half million a day, they're gonna go for another two and a half years before everybody's on.”

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The claim, plainly

At an enrollment rate of 1.5 million people per day, India's Aadhaar project will take another 2.5 years to enroll the entire Indian population.

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Assessment

The speaker estimated that Aadhaar would enroll the entire Indian population within 2.5 years (by June 2018). By mid-June 2018, official UIDAI statistics confirmed 1.2146 billion registered Aadhaar numbers, representing approximately 88.7% to 90% of India's total population and over 99% of its adult population. Because the estimate landed within 10% of total population saturation and achieved near-universal coverage for adults within the 2.5-year window, but fell short of full population coverage (~1.3 billion individuals) due to lagging child enrollments, the claim is graded as partially true.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad confirmed that 121.46 crore (1.2146 billion) Aadhaar numbers were generated as of June 16, 2018.
UIDAI data from May 31, 2018, indicated 1.185 billion enrollments out of an estimated 1.335 billion total population, reflecting an 88.7% national saturation rate.
Over 99% of Indian adults had enrolled by mid-2018, but total population registration did not cross 1.3 billion until late 2022 / early 2023.

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[1] sarkaritel.com [2] uidai.gov.in [3] wikipedia.org [4] creditmantri.com [5] financialexpress.com [6] thehindu.com [7] indiatimes.com [8] digitalisierung-und-gemeinwohl.de

Aadhaar generated 1.2 billion 1.3 billion date UIDAI "1.21 billion" OR "1.22 billion" OR "1.2 billion" Aadhaar June 2018 UIDAI UIDAI press release June 2018 total Aadhaar numbers generated Aadhaar coverage percentage 2018 UIDAI reports Aadhaar total enrollment numbers June 2018 UIDAI

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