Aadhaar-based payment frauds are ballooning

With black-market Aadhaar data and fingerprints cloned using household supplies, scammers siphon off welfare benefits. Will the loopholes be plugged?

30 May, 202217 min
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Aadhaar-based payment frauds are ballooning

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