Aadhaar, India’s face authentication onboarding system, has reportedly reached a huge milestone of growth, rapidly increasing (78%) of the total transactions during the 2024/2025 financial year alone. The government confirmed that adoption of the system, introduced in October 2022, had grown exponentially and disproportionately against the rate of transactions from previous years.
Cumulative transactions stand at 130.5 crore since Aadhaar’s release, with 102 crores attributed to the last financial year (2024-25), benefiting “Aadhaar number holders seamlessly”.
Aadhaar authentications were recorded as 32% higher in January 2025. Anticipating the trend we see now, this indicates the role of Aadhaar and its expanded use across different governmental bodies in contributing to the overall digital economy. Aadhaar Face Authentication transactions crossed a 100 crore landmark in January, doubling in five months, at which point UIDAI conducted discussions with stakeholders including Telcos and Fintechs to enhance smooth service delivery.
Aadhaar has been called the “most trusted digital ID in the world” by its creators for gaining a billion votes of confidence in the system for authentication over a decade. To date, the AI and ML-based system has been adopted across various sectors as well for government functions, promoting seamless identification.
