Aadhaar Saved The Government About 58,000 Crores, Says Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani, the architect of the Aadhaar card scheme, said that the government has saved about $9 billion (Rs 58,204 crore) by eliminating fraud in government beneficiary lists. Participating in a World Bank panel, the 62-year-old non-executive chairman of Infosys said that the Aadhaar program has enrolled more than a billion people till now. Mr Nilekani also talked about the advantages of having a strong digital infrastructure ...