In May 2025, Aadhaar authentication transactions exceeded 211 crore, bringing the cumulative total to over 15,223 crore since inception. This represents an increase compared to both the previous month and May 2024. Face authentication continued its growth trend, reaching 15.49 crore transactions in May. Over 37 crore eKYC transactions were also conducted. These figures demonstrate the increasing role of Aadhaar in facilitating welfare delivery, enabling digital economy growth, and improving ease of living and ease of doing business across various sectors.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Electronics IT: A government ministry, likely responsible for overseeing electronics and information technology related matters.
UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India, the organization responsible for Aadhaar.
Aadhaar: A 12-digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India.
India: The country where Aadhaar is being used to power the digital economy and welfare services.
PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi - likely the source of the press release.
May 2025: A specific month and year for which Aadhaar authentication transaction data is reported.
May 2024: A specific month and year used for comparison of Aadhaar authentication transaction data.
AIML: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
eKYC: Electronic Know Your Customer, a digital process for verifying customer identity.
Dharmendra Tewari: Likely a contact person or author related to the press release.
Navin Sreejith: Likely a contact person or author related to the press release.
2134282: Release ID for the document.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
UIDAI records over 211 Cr Aadhaar authentication
transaction in May, powering India’s digital economy
and welfare services
Face Authentication continues to grow with 15.43 Cr
transactions during the month
Posted On: 05 JUN 2025 6:21PM by PIB Delhi
Aadhaar number holders executed over 211 crore authentication transactions in May 2025 taking the
cumulative number of such transactions to more than 15,223 crores since inception.
The May 2025 authentication transactions are more than the previous month, as well as of May 2024 when
201.76 Cr such transactions were carried out.
The growing number shows, how Aadhaar based authentication has been playing a facilitating role in
effective welfare delivery, and voluntarily availing various services offered by service providers. It is a
catalyst of ease of living for millions of people.
The growing authentication numbers highlights the extensive usage and utility of Aadhaar, and the growth of
digital economy in the country.
The AI/ML based Aadhaar Face Authentication solutions of UIDAI too witnessed a consistent growth. In
May, 15.49 crore face authentication transactions were recorded, which underlines the adoption of this
authentication modality and how it is benefiting Aadhaar number holders.
More than 100 entities both in government ministries and departments, financial institutions, oil marketing
companies, telecom service providers among others are using face authentication for smooth delivery of
benefits and services.
Similarly, in May over 37 Cr e-KYC transactions were carried out. Aadhaar e-KYC service continues to play
a key role in improving customer experience and adding ease of doing business in sectors including banking
and non-banking financial services.
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Dharmendra Tewari/ Navin Sreejith
(Release ID: 2134282)