About 180 children go missing on an average every day, according to CRY. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/MintNew Delhi: As many as 500 missing children have been traced over the last few months through Aadhaar, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Ajay Bhushan Pandey, said on Friday. “Over the last few months, more than 500 missing children have been identified through Aadhaar,” he said addressing a session at the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS) 2017. According to Child Rights and You (CRY), an NGO working for child rights, the number of children who went missing and remain untraced across the country increased by about 84% between 2013 and 2015. Total Aadhaar base currently stands at 1.19 billion, Pandey said adding that 99% of adults have Aadhaar.

Source: Mint November 24, 2017 11:03 UTC