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Achieve 100% One Nation One Student ID (APAAR)

Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024

Last updated 8 Jul 2026

What does this status mean?

Meaningful delivery has occurred, but the stated commitment is incomplete.

Status describes delivery. Confidence describes how strong the available evidence is.

Original manifesto wording

“We will achieve 100% implementation of ‘One Nation, One Student ID’ through the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) to store academic qualifications, credit scores and certificates, among others for students from pre-primary to higher education.”

From the Bharatiya Janata Party manifestoView Manifestop.59

Our Assessment

The Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR), the "One Nation, One Student ID" system aligned with NEP 2020 and the National Credit Framework, has scaled rapidly: over 33.85 crore APAAR IDs had been registered and linked to the Academic Bank of Credits via DigiLocker by November 2025, and CBSE mandated APAAR as the primary identifier for affiliated schools. However, registration remains voluntary (requiring parental consent) and is not yet universal, so the pledge’s explicit target of 100 per cent implementation has not been reached. Partial (strong action).

APAAR IDs registered (~33.85 crore by Nov 2025; target 100% of students)34%

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