Moody’s report on Aadhaar made sweeping assertions without citing any evidence: UIDAI

International credit agency Moody’s Investors Service has made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar without citing any evidence, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Monday.

The UIDAI issued a strong rebuttal to Moody’s Investors Service, which claimed that the Aadhaar system often results in service denials and the reliability of biometric technologies, especially for manual labourers, in hot and humid climates is questionable.

“A certain investor service has, without citing any evidence or basis, made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar, the most trusted digital ID in the world.