![]() ![]() The facility will fund researchers from ISB and other institutions whose work seeks to better understand the impact of Aadhaar, prioritizing themes with immediate policy implications. The second was to fund the Indian School of Business (ISB) to establish the Digital Identity Research Initiative (DIRI). Our first step to resolve this was to work with IDinsight to compile what is publicly known about the system and set a baseline for our knowledge of Aadhaar through the “State of Aadhaar” report. Robust empirical and independent research has not kept pace with the growth of Aadhaar, and analysis tends to rely on anecdotal and small-sample studies, which do not usefully inform policy development. Our research interest in Aadhaar began nearly two years ago when we commissioned IDinsight to conduct a scoping study with to assess the level of knowledge around Aadhaar: it concluded that there is a pressing need to generate evidence on the benefits, costs, use cases, and risks of the program. The “India Stack” built on top of Aadhaar is driving innovations in sectors ranging from education to healthcare, in both the public and the private sectors.Īs in our work globally, the individual is at the core of our work in digital identity in India, including access to entitlements, empowerment, dignity, and privacy. Since 2014, 44.7 million bank accounts have been created in minutes, and over 400 million individuals’ bank accounts are now linked to Aadhaar, allowing the Indian Government to transfer nearly Rs.22,000 crore ($3.3 billion) to beneficiaries via their bank accounts last year. The scale of the system is staggering: each month, over 130 million Indians authenticate their identity using a paperless and real-time service. The scale and scope of the program has caught the attention of policymakers around the world: what happens in India matters globally.īeyond just enrollment, Aadhaar represents a transformational moment in the way citizens, governments, and businesses interact with each other. ![]() ![]() It has emerged as the largest state-issued digital identity system in the world, with more than 1.15 billion people enrolled. India has made significant strides in providing a digital identity system for its residents with the introduction of Aadhaar, which means “foundation” in Sanskrit and many Indian languages. Despite the accelerating adoption of technology, the World Bank estimates that over 1.1 billion people in the world are without official identification, which prevents them from accessing basic services like banking, healthcare, voting, and government support. Just as railroads provided the infrastructure for life in the nineteenth century, digital identity is providing the infrastructure for the twenty-first century. Roopa Kudva, Managing Director of Omidyar Network India Advisors, speaks at the Launch of DIRIīy Subhashish Bhadra, Investment Associate at Omidyar Network ![]()
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