Bharti Airtel has rolled out over 20,000 units of Aadhaar based e-KYC solution across India and has been aiming to have the facility deployed in over 500,000 retail outlets including in rural pockets, in the coming months.

The company has said in a statement that on a daily basis, over 50,000 subscribers, including those in rural India, are activating their Airtel mobile SIMs using Aadhaar based digital verification or Aadhaar eKYC.

The statement further said that “The initiative has received positive response from customers as it enables instant activation of Airtel mobile SIMs. The digital verification, which is fully secure, also eliminates paperwork and benefits the environment.”

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