<span style="color: #222222;">Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said, over 122 crore Aadhaar numbers have been issued in the last 28 months and 99 percent of the adult population of India stands covered.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a Facebook post, Mr Jaitley said 90,000 crore rupees have been saved by the use of Aadhaar till March last year and several duplicate, fake, and non-existent beneficiaries have been eliminated.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He stated that according to the World Bank Digital Dividend Report, India can save 77,000 crore rupees per year by using Aadhaar.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Finance Minister said, Aadhaar is a game changer and the UPA remained half hearted about Aadhaar because of its contradictions and indecision.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, instead of taking credit, Congress lawyers challenged it in Court appearing as anti-technology, and anti-Aadhaar faces.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Jaitley said that decisive Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it possible and the NDA government re-examined the UPA law and completely changed it.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said the pith and substance of the new law was to effectively use public resources in subsidising poor.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | January 6, 2019 2:38 PM
Rs 90,000 cr saved by use of Aadhaar till March 2018: Jaitley