Lok Sabha Question No. 2600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: Aadhaar Authentication Services
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Hemant Patil, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Shrirang Appa Barne, A.K.P. Chinraj, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2600

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2019

## AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION SERVICES

## 2600.   SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI A.K.P. CHINRAJ:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

Will  the  Minister  of ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  list  of  micro-ATM  providers  currently  using  eKYC  services  to  withdraw  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) amount;
- (b)  the  list  of  private  firms  who  issued  board  resolutions  for  continuation  of  Aadhaar authentication services post supreme court judgement on the Aadhaar issue;
- (c)  the  number  of  eKYC  transactions  in  the  country  during  each  of  the  last  three  years, month-wise;
- (d) the revenue earned by UIDAI for charging eKYC authentication services during the same period, month-wise; and
- (e) the revenue earned by UIDAI for charging Aadhaar authentication services, month-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a): Banks have been appointed as Authentication User Agency (AUA) / KYC User Agency (KUA)  by  Unique  Identification  Authority  of  India  (UIDAI)  that  enables  them  to  do authentication  and  ekYC  transactions.  The  Micro-ATM  providers  are  appointed  by  Banks which are regulated by Reserve Bank of India and Department of Financial Services.

- (b): No such information is available.
- (c): The information is attached as Annexure-I.

(d) and (e): As per  the Aadhaar (Pricing of Aadhaar Authentication Services) Regulation 2019, Notification dated 06.03.2019, the revenue earned by UIDAI, for charging Aadhaar authentication and e-KYC  services, month-wise is given below:-

- (i) March'19  Rs.  8.20 Cr

(ii) April'19    Rs.10.04 Cr

- (iii) May'19     Rs.  9.51 Cr

|   S.No. | Months   | e-KYC Transactions   |
|---------|----------|----------------------|
|       1 | Oct-16   | 1275,29,181          |
|       2 | Nov-16   | 1305,02,788          |
|       3 | Dec-16   | 1819,48,080          |
|       4 | Jan-17   | 1872,22,157          |
|       5 | Feb-17   | 1556,52,502          |
|       6 | Mar-17   | 1715,07,399          |
|       7 | Apr-17   | 1651,92,272          |
|       8 | May-17   | 2257,60,743          |
|       9 | Jun-17   | 3679,16,220          |
|      10 | Jul-17   | 4261,03,012          |
|      11 | Aug-17   | 3719,99,340          |
|      12 | Sep-17   | 3573,16,560          |
|      13 | Oct-17   | 3721,56,547          |
|      14 | Nov-17   | 3574,48,599          |
|      15 | Dec-17   | 2986,83,362          |
|      16 | Jan-18   | 2712,52,357          |
|      17 | Feb-18   | 2645,76,118          |
|      18 | Mar-18   | 3711,41,604          |
|      19 | Apr-18   | 2224,52,683          |
|      20 | May-18   | 2189,27,570          |
|      21 | Jun-18   | 2107,08,501          |
|      22 | Jul-18   | 2440,34,419          |
|      23 | Aug-18   | 2410,41,090          |
|      24 | Sep-18   | 2332,30,642          |
|      25 | Oct-18   | 1976,99,689          |
|      26 | Nov-18   | 1530,59,312          |
|      27 | Dec-18   | 766,65,910           |
|      28 | Jan-19   | 1047,38,359          |
|      29 | Feb-19   | 885,26,016           |
|      30 | Mar-19   | 688,94,472           |
|      31 | Apr-19   | 380,12,194           |
|      32 | May-19   | 410,89,482           |
|      33 | Jun-19   | 683,79,109           |
|      34 | Jul-19   | 805,81,971           |
|      35 | Aug-19   | 917,67,626           |
|      36 | Sep-19   | 809,29,282           |

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Annexure-I