Aadhaar authentications cross 2 billion in June

Aadhaar number holders carried out more than 2.29 billion authentication transactions in June, a nearly 7.8% year-on-year increase, the electronics and information technology ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

With this the cumulative number of such transactions has gone past 15,4 billion since inception.

The artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML)-based Aadhaar face authentication solutions developed in-house by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) – responsible for issuing a 12-digit unique identification number…