How Telangana government authenticates beneficiaries using AI, ML, Big Data and Deep Learning tools

Several government agencies across the country have started using Aadhaar identity to authenticate beneficiaries of different schemes. The Telangana government, which attracted criticism from privacy activists for allegedly using facial recognition software without legal sanction, has developed a method to authenticate its beneficiaries, using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data and Deep Learning solutions.

To start with, the State government has implemented the RTDAI (Realtime Digital Authentication of Identity) in authenticating pensioners without any need for special hardware at the user end. It doesn’t require fingerprints or iris images to authenticate a person.