Lok Sabha Question No. 868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Aadhaar Cards
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 868

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## AADHAAR CARDS

## 868. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

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

- (a)  the total number of Aadhaar cards issued in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)    the  expenditure  incurred  for  issuance  of  Aadhaar  cards  and  promotion  of  the  same separately during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c)    whether  any  private  player  has  been  associated  in  the  process  of  issuance  of  Aadhaar cards and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR   ELECTRONICS AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a): As on 31 st May 2019, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has generated a total  of  123.82  crore  Aadhaar to the residents of the country. The State/  UT-wise Aadhaar generation is attached as Annexure.

- (b): The expenditure of UIDAI during each of the last three years is as under :-

2016-17 = ₹ 1132.84 Cr.

2017-18 = ₹ 1149.38Cr.

2018-19 = ₹ 1182.08 Cr.

2019-20 = ₹     30.32 Cr.  (current year upto May 2019)

The state /UT-wise details are not available. Head-wise/ Year-wise information of expenditure is available on UIDAI's website at following link:- https://uidai.gov.in/about-uidai/unique-identification-authority-of-india/financeaccounts.html

- (c):      Section  23(1)  of  the  Aadhaar  Act,  2016  mandates  UIDAI  to  develop  the  policy, procedure and systems for issuing Aadhaar numbers to individuals and perform authentication  thereof.  In  accordance  with  the  powers  conferred  to  UIDAI  as  per  section 23(2)(c),  23(3)(a  &b)  and  23(4)  of  the  Aadhaar  Act,  2016  and  the  Aadhaar  (Enrolment  & Update) Regulations thereunder, it has on-boarded agencies / manpower as required to carry the functions mandated to UIDAI under the Act and Regulations thereon.

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Annexure

| S. No.   | State /UTs                  |   Total Aadhaar Generated |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Uttar_Pradesh               |                 205794612 |
| 2        | Maharashtra                 |                 116891960 |
| 3        | Bihar                       |                 102699247 |
| 4        | West_Bengal                 |                  93885172 |
| 5        | Madhya_Pradesh              |                  76909677 |
| 6        | Tamil_Nadu                  |                  73757492 |
| 7        | Rajasthan                   |                  70094302 |
| 8        | Karnataka                   |                  63594173 |
| 9        | Gujarat                     |                  63239919 |
| 10       | Andhra_Pradesh              |                  52296543 |
| 11       | Odisha                      |                  43676818 |
| 12       | Telangana                   |                  39312895 |
| 13       | Kerala                      |                  37497685 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                   |                  35784725 |
| 15       | Punjab                      |                  31460463 |
| 16       | Haryana                     |                  29423289 |
| 17       | Chhattisgarh                |                  27606974 |
| 18       | Delhi                       |                  22580979 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand                 |                  11216486 |
| 20       | Jammu_and_Kashmir           |                  10698828 |
| 21       | Himachal_Pradesh            |                   7828139 |
| 22       | Assam                       |                   5151617 |
| 23       | Tripura                     |                   3810201 |
| 24       | Manipur                     |                   2522804 |
| 25       | Goa                         |                   1646096 |
| 26       | Puducherry                  |                   1352570 |
| 27       | Nagaland                    |                   1302957 |
| 28       | Arunachal_Pradesh           |                   1252626 |
| 29       | Chandigarh                  |                   1210554 |
| 30       | Mizoram                     |                   1084840 |
| 31       | Meghalaya                   |                    920809 |
| 32       | Sikkim                      |                    617752 |
| 33       | Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands |                    413423 |
| 34       | Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli      |                    391877 |
| 35       | Daman_and_Diu               |                    223198 |
| 36       | Lakshadweep                 |                     72197 |
|          | Total                       |                1238223899 |

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