100 farmers linked to one Aadhaar

October 25, 2017 10:27 pm | Updated 10:27 pm IST - MUMBAI

The Maharashtra government’s attempt at online registration for loan waiver implementation has sent the authorities into a tizzy as names of over 100 farmers have been found linked to a single Aadhaar number.

An official from the cooperation department showed a list of potential beneficiaries having the common number.

“We always thought that the Aadhaar number will be our key to check fake beneficiaries. Now, we don’t know how to address this challenge with so many farmers showing the same Aadhaar number. If we have to carry out a manual check, it will take weeks. The farming community is already agitated over the delay in implementation of the scheme,” the official said.

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