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The Unique Identification Authority of India generated 2 crore (20 milliom) Aadhaar numbers in the month of October alone.
This heralds a major achievement in terms of scale and speed of Aadhaars being generated by the UIDAI.
"Aadhaar numbers are now generated at a large scale. While in 2010 it took three months to cross 10 lakh (1 million) numbers, we have the capability to generate 10 lakh numbers a day now.
"We would work on stabilising and consolidating this capability in the coming days. We have been able to achieve this speed and scale due to our multiple registrar model as well as a scalable technical architecture," Nandan Nilekani, chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India, said.
The UIDAI's focus is on inclusion and working with partners to enrol those sections who are marginalised and have no proof of identity.
The UIDAI is working with registrars to organise special drives to enrol the homeless, aged, migrants, leprosy patients and other disadvantaged sections, strengthen the introducer system, enhance user convenience and choice to the resident and use advanced data analytics to improve enrolment.
With the increase in generation of Aadhaar numbers, the stage is set for rolling out various Aadhaar based applications for improved service delivery.