Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO AB Pandey said Aadhaar Pay works on any android-based phone, even a low cost one, with an attached finger biometric device "This ensures digital transactions which are cardless, PINless... There is no need of smartphone for the customers," he added. Besides the merchant using the app being enrolled in the bank and the customer's bank account linked to Aadhaar, he said the biometric data get encrypted leaving little scope for any misuse. "Fingerprints can't be copied as it get encrypted. The Andhra Pradesh government has launched cashless payments at most of the fair price shops (FPS) and Gujarat, in partnership with CSC e-governance, has launched cashless payments using AEPS platform at over 3,000 fair price shops.

Source: Times of India January 22, 2017 21:20 UTC