Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) issues 56 crore Aadhaar Numbers

                As on 14 January 2014, UIDAI has crossed the issuance of 56 crore Aadhaar Numbers. It is fast racing toward its target of 60 crore Aadhaar Numbers in the next couple of months.

                In the recent past, on an average 13-14 lac Aadhaar numbers are being generated every day.

                UIDAI which was born in January 2009, the UIDAI issued the first Aadhaar Number on 29th September 2010, after completing necessary preliminaries including establishing various standards relating to collection of data and biometric information such as finger prints and iris images.

 UIDAI issued 25 crore Aadhaar Numbers in the period up to December 2012 at an average rate of almost one crore Aadhaars per month. During 2013, UIDAI issued a total of 29.1 crore Aadhaars at an average rate of over 2.4 crore Aadhaars per month.

Aadhaar Numbers generated State Wise on 30/01/2014
State	Sum
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	66
Andhra Pradesh	87405
Arunachal Pradesh	309
Assam	278
Bihar	52172
Chandigarh	1226
Chhattisgarh	21412
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1352
Daman and Diu	104
Delhi	15884
Goa	153
Gujarat	267826
Haryana	68299
Himachal Pradesh	4413
Jammu and Kashmir	16669
Jharkhand	44185
Karnataka	178977
Kerala	21501
Lakshadweep	10
Madhya Pradesh	152910
Maharashtra	254888
Manipur	2290
Meghalaya	34
Mizoram	2
Nagaland	165
Odisha	115813
Others	15022
Puducherry	668
Punjab	48271
Rajasthan	127936
Sikkim	165
Tamil Nadu	179931
Tripura	1059
Uttar Pradesh	206647
Uttarakhand	15166
West Bengal	257431
Grand Total	2160639

NPCI adopts Verhoeff Algorithm for validation of Aadhaar Numbers

NPCI adopts Verhoeff Algorithm for validation of Aadhaar Numbers

          The NPCI Aadhaar Seeder is the bridge connecting the Government Departments and the Bank Account Holders for receipt various Government subsidies, scholarships etc.

          Due to the LPG subsidy rollout program in the last couple of months, the number of Aadhaar numbers being seeded in Bank Accounts and NPCI Database has zoomed up drastically.

          It might be noted that Aadhaar is just another number, if the Biometrics validation of the Resident is not done.

          At present, basing on the Aadhaar Number Card, the seeding is done on Bank accounts or with LPG companies. The actual biometric validation has not yet commenced.

          Hence, it becomes still more important to capture the correct Aadhaar number.

          Recognizing that the Aadhaar number will be manually keyed in numerous occasions, UIDAI had adopted the Verhoeff Algorithm method, to minimize data-entry mistakes.

          The Algorithm logic is in public domain. However, computation cannot be done manually, and only computer programs are capable of validating a number in the Verhoeff Algorithm method.

          NPCI vide its circular dt. July 09, 2013, advised all banks which are part of the NACH-APB system to implement the Verhoeff Algorithm in their systems to validate Aadhaar numbers before seeding the same in customer accounts. If this is not done, any invalid Aadhaar number will be rejected by NPCI mapper with the reason, ‘Invalid Aadhaar No_ Verhoeff Checksum validation failed’.