India Built the World's Largest Biometric System — 1.4 Billion People, Zero Equivalent Anywhere

While the US debates a national digital ID and Europe's eIDAS 2.0 is under development, India deployed the largest biometric identification system in history. Aadhaar covers 1.4 billion people with fingerprints and iris scans. It powers $33 billion in fraud savings through Direct Benefit Transfers. The US SSN, designed in 1936, has no biometric component and is widely exploited for identity theft.