Aadhaar-enabled smart cards for senior citizens
Q. Which facility was announced for senior citizens in Budget 2017-2018?- Published on 03 Feb 17a. Aadhaar-enabled smart cards
b. BHIM app
c. Shakti Kendras
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Aadhaar-enabled smart cards
The recent Budget development on Aadhaar is that senior citizens would receive Aadhaar-based smart cards for their health and well-being.
Aadhaar-based smart cards would comprise health details of senior citizens.
The FM further said that the pilot service of these cards would take off in 15 cities initially in India beginning this year.
The announcement for this new initiative shows how the government is focused on the path of making Aadhaar the core platform in different services.
The government recently said that as of now more than 111 crore citizens in the country have an Aadhaar number. This unit covers more than 99 percent of the Indian adult population.
Following demonetization, the enrollment for Aadhaar also increased to 7 to 8 lakh per day as against 5 to 6 lakh till October 2016.
The government also reported a rise of 2.69 crore transactions of Aadhaar-based enabled payments in November 2016, which increased to 3.73 crore in December 2016 and 2.06 crore transactions in the first half of January.
