More cases of fake students are likely to come up in the next few months as Aadhaar authentication progresses. Photo: MintNew Delhi: Using Aadhaar for authentication, three states have discovered 272,000 fake students who were availing of the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme. As per ministry data, reviewed by Mint, Andhra Pradesh has deleted the names of over 215,000 students after Aadhaar authentication. An HRD ministry official, who declined to be named, said more such cases will come up in next few months from states as the Aadhaar authentication progresses. However, at least a dozen states, the first HRD ministry official said, are lagging behind the required progress on this.

Source: Mint August 10, 2017 08:37 UTC