Lok Sabha Question No. 687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Aadhaar Cards
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 687

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2019

## AADHAAR CARDS

## 687. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any record regarding the number of Aadhaar cards issued in the country, so far;

(b) if so, the State and gender-wise details of the Aadhaar card holders in the country;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  make  Aadhaar  card  compulsory  for  each  and every citizen in the country and as a sole document for identity proof; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR   ELECTRONICS AND   INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S. S. AHLUWALIA)

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir. As on 31st December 2018, a total of 123.08 Crore Aadhaar have been issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The State-wise details of Aadhaar issued is at annexure-A. The gender-wise details of Aadhaar generation are not maintained.

(c) and (d): No, Sir. Enrolment for Aadhaar is voluntary.

In accordance with Section 3(1) of Aadhaar Act, 2016, every resident is entitled to obtain an Aadhaar number and Section 7 of the said act states that- ' the central Government or, as the case may be, the state Government may, for the purpose of establishing identity of an individual as a condition for receipt of a subsidy, benefit or service for which the expenditure is incurred from, or the receipt therefrom forms part of, the Consolidated Fund of India, require that such individual undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or in the case of an individual to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, such individual makes an application for enrolment.

Provided that if an Aadhaar number is not assigned to an individual, the individual shall be offered  alternate  and  viable  means  of  identification  for  delivery  of  the  subsidy,  benefit  or service.

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## State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation 31 st December, 2018

| S.No   | State Name          | Total Population (Projected 2018)   | Numbers of Aadhaar assigned   | Saturation% (2018)   |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1      | Delhi               | 8,345,784                           | 22,223,958                    | 121%                 |
| 2      | Haryana*            | 27,388,008                          | 29,148,155                    | 106%                 |
| 3      | Himachal Pradesh*   | 7,316,708                           | 7,758,579                     | 106%                 |
| 4      | Goa*                | 1,542,750                           | 1,633,818                     | 106%                 |
| 5      | Kerala              | 35,330,888                          | 37,301,867                    | 106%                 |
| 6      | Punjab*             | 29,611,935                          | 31,164,241                    | 105%                 |
| 7      | Chandigarh*         | 1,126,705                           | 1,185,267                     | 105%                 |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 378,979                             | 384,927                       | 102%                 |
| 9      | Telangana           | 8,472,769                           | 38,905,542                    | 101%                 |
| 10     | Lakshadweep         | 71,218                              | 71,983                        | 101%                 |
| 11     | Uttarakhand         | 1,090,425                           | 11,191,099                    | 101%                 |
| 12     | Daman &Diu*         | 220,084                             | 220,407                       | 100%                 |
| 13     | Andhra Pradesh*     | 2,883,163                           | 52,147,652                    | 99%                  |
| 14     | Gujarat*            | 3,907,200                           | 62,741,767                    | 98%                  |
| 15     | Puducherry          | ,375,592                            | 1,343,896                     | 98%                  |
| 16     | A &NIslands         | 19,978                              | 407,270                       | 97%                  |
| 17     | Chhattisgarh        | 8,566,990                           | 27,475,189                    | 96%                  |
| 18     | Maharashtra         | 20,837,347                          | 116,072,194                   | 96%                  |
| 19     | Tamil Nadu          | 6,481,545                           | 73,373,758                    | 96%                  |
| 20     | Odisha              | 5,429,399                           | 43,510,246                    | 96%                  |
| 21     | West Bengal         | 7,694,960                           | 93,567,027                    | 96%                  |
| 22     | Karnataka           | 6,165,886                           | 63,285,574                    | 96%                  |
| 23     | Jharkhand           | 7,329,128                           | 35,585,906                    | 95%                  |
| 24     | Tripura             | 4 ,057,847                          | 3,793,295                     | 93%                  |
| 25     | Madhya Pradesh      | 2,342,793                           | 76,471,893                    | 93%                  |
| 26     | Sikkim              | 671,720                             | 610,917                       | 91%                  |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh*      | 28,959,599                          | 205,225,742                   | 90%                  |
| 28     | Mizoram             | ,205,974                            | 1,077,256                     | 89%                  |
| 29     | Rajasthan           | 8,230,816                           | 69,702,169                    | 89%                  |
| 30     | Bihar               | 19,461,013                          | 102,457,579                   | 86%                  |
| 31     | Manipur             | 3,008,546                           | 2,508,663                     | 83%                  |
| 32     | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1,528,296                           | 1,241,708                     | 81%                  |
| 33     | Jammu Kashmir       | 13,635,010                          | 10,540,421                    | 77%                  |
| 34     | Nagaland            | 2,189,297                           | 1,290,359                     | 59%                  |
| 35     | Meghalaya           | 3,276,323                           | 927,238                       | 28%                  |
| 36     | Assam               | 34,586,234                          | 4,264,361                     | 12%                  |
|        | TOTAL               | 1,335,140,907                       | 1,230,811,923                 | 92.2%                |

## Annexure

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