Benefits of AADHAAR unclear: RBI researchers January 9 The benefits of Aadhaar, India´s biometrics based unique national identity system —the world´s largest —are unclear and the impact of direct benefit transfers it will be used to deliver to the poor is not studied enough,a new study published by an arm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has concluded. The paper, ´Biometric and Its Impact in India´, was part of Staff Papers series published in its October 2017 edition.It is written by SAnanth, an adjunct faculty at the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), which was established by the RBI as an autonomous institute. Aadhaar is becoming central to India´s public policy with increasing number of programmes being linked to it.And its scope is constantly increasing.In the seven years following its introduction, 1.12 billion Indians or 88.2 per cent of the population have enrolled for Aadhaar, India Spend reported in March, 2017. Established by