Aadhaar helped government save $9 billion: Nandan Nilekani

Former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani has said the Aadhaar card scheme helped the government save about $9 billion (₹58,400 crore) by eliminating fraud from beneficiary lists. "The government has transferred about $12 billion into accounts electronically in real time to the world's largest cash transfer system," said Nilekani. He added Aadhaar has over a billion people registered on its system.