India’s Aadhaar-Linked Payments Cut Welfare Leakage By 12.7 pc: Report
New Delhi: States that adopted Aadhaar‑linked digital payments and biometric authentication reduced welfare leakage by approximately 12.7 per cent, setting a benchmark globally in public welfare integrity, a report said on Monday. The report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said that governments worldwide distribute over USD 21 trillion in public payments to citizens annually, but…