Maharashtra Government has become the first state in the country to disburse salary of its staff through their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. An official press release issued from Mumbai on Wednesday claimed the employees of the state government’s Information Technology (IT) department got their July salaries through their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts. The IT secretary, Rajesh Aggarwal has added that the Maharashtra government has now decided to use the Aadhaar Payment Bridge system for all Mantralaya employees. Claiming that most Mantralaya employees have enrolled for the Aadhaar system and are ready for the linkage of their cards to the salary accounts, Mr. Aggarwal said that this would not just help in speedy transfer of salaries, but will also ensure the transfer to the actual beneficiary at a later stage