Lok Sabha Question No. 4470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Enrolment for Aadhaar Card
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4470

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.03.2017

## ENROLMENT FOR AADHAAR CARD

## 4470. SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether more than 90% of people in the country have been enrolled for the Aadhaar cards;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; State-wise;
- (c) whether all of them have linked their Aadhaar with bank accounts;
- (d) whether the increase  in  enrolment  for  Aadhaar  will  boost  the  Government  drive  to private cashless economy;  and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR   ELECTRONICS AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to  (b): As on 15 th March 2017, a total of  112.78 crore  Aadhaar have been generated in  the country. The State/UT wise details are given in Annexure-I.

(c):  UIDAI under the Ministry only issues Aadhaar to the residents of the country and does not maintain record on linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts of the residents.

(d) to (e): Though Aadhaar is being used for delivery of various services to the people including  Aadhaar  based  payment,  the  actual  impact  can  only  be  assessed  by  the Ministries/Departments administering these services.

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## ANNEXURE - I

|   S.No | State / UT Name     | Numbers of Aadhaar assigned   |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|      1 | Delhi               | 20,923,813                    |
|      2 | Haryana             | 27,623,848                    |
|      3 | Telangana           | 38,010,840                    |
|      4 | Punjab              | 29,806,581                    |
|      5 | Himachal Pradesh    | 7,373,515                     |
|      6 | Lakshadweep         | 69,014                        |
|      7 | Chandigarh          | 1,118,350                     |
|      8 | Goa                 | 1,542,062                     |
|      9 | Kerala              | 35,064,515                    |
|     10 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 354,978                       |
|     11 | Chhattisgarh        | 26,435,500                    |
|     12 | Puducherry          | 1,285,544                     |
|     13 | Andhra Pradesh      | 50,775,814                    |
|     14 | Uttarakhand         | 10,388,559                    |
|     15 | Jharkhand           | 33,850,296                    |
|     16 | A &NIslands         | 389,390                       |
|     17 | Maharashtra         | 111,768,861                   |
|     18 | Tripura             | 3,647,192                     |
|     19 | Madhya Pradesh      | 71,884,987                    |
|     20 | Karnataka           | 60,448,311                    |
|     21 | Gujarat             | 57,355,313                    |
|     22 | Sikkim              | 590,177                       |
|     23 | Tamil Nadu          | 68,948,331                    |
|     24 | West Bengal         | 86,509,166                    |
|     25 | Rajasthan           | 64,139,033                    |
|     26 | Odisha              | 39,037,182                    |
|     27 | Uttar Pradesh       | 175,972,346                   |
|     28 | Daman &Diu          | 206,994                       |
|     29 | Bihar               | 86,282,607                    |
|     30 | Manipur             | 1,965,025                     |
|     31 | Jammu Kashmir       | 8,890,145                     |
|     32 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 939,015                       |
|     33 | Mizoram             | 687,993                       |
|     34 | Nagaland            | 1,154,128                     |
|     35 | Meghalaya           | 281,130                       |
|     36 | Assam               | 2,167,033                     |

| TOTAL   | 1,127,887,588   |
|---------|-----------------|