Lok Sabha Question No. 3321 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Delinking of Aadhar Details of Husband
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3321

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2021

## DELINKING OF AADHAR DETAILS OF HUSBAND

## 3321.   SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  enrollment  form  for  availing  the benefits under various schemes require women to mandatorily provide Aadhaar details of their husband;
- (b)       if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c)      whether  his  Ministry  intends  to  amend  the  enrollment  form  to  delink  the entitlement from the marital status of a woman;
- (d)      if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said provision is likely to be implemented;
- (d)       if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the total quantum of funds released to the State Governments escrow account (for  the  purposes  of  disbursing  installment  amounts  prescribed  under  the scheme) by the Union Government and utilized by each State Government for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (d)     The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana  (PMMVY)  under  which  maternity benefits  of ₹ 5,000/-  is  being  provided  in  three  installments  to  Pregnant  Women  & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) for first the child upon fulfillment of certain conditionalities. In  order  to  receive  the  maternity  benefit  under  PMMVY,  a  beneficiary  is  required  to provide her husband's Aadhaar details which are captured in the database.

There is no such proposal to amend the enrollment form to delink the entitlement from the married status of Women.

- (f)        The State/UT-wise details of Central share of funds released to the Escrow Bank account  of  the  State  Governments/Union  Territory  Administrations  and  its  utilization under PMMVY during the years 2019-20 and 2020-21 is Annexed .

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Statement referred to in reply to part (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 3321  for  answer  on  17.12.2021  raised  by  Shri  Ram  Mohan  Naidu  Kinjarapu  regarding 'Delinking of Aadhaar Details of Husband'

State/UT-wise details of Central share of funds released to the Escrow Bank account of the State  Governments/UT  Administrations  and  its  utilization  under  PMMVY  during  the years 2019-20 and 2020-21

| Sl. No.   | State Name                  | 2019-20                                                                            | 2019-20                       | 2019-20                              | 2020-21                                                                            | 2020-21                       | 2020-21                              |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State Name                  | Central share of funds released for disbursement of maternity Benefit (₹ in Lakhs) | No. of Beneficiaries enrolled | Total amount Disbursed* (₹ in Lakhs) | Central share of funds released for disbursement of maternity Benefit (₹ in Lakhs) | No. of Beneficiaries enrolled | Total amount Disbursed* (₹ in Lakhs) |
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 60.93                                                                              | 949                           | 72.95                                | 67.20                                                                              | 1,353                         | 71.00                                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 10,125.00                                                                          | 2,60,501                      | 16,730.00                            | 1,438.86                                                                           | 2,26,803                      | 7,917.00                             |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0.00                                                                               | 7,180                         | 330.44                               | 315.96                                                                             | 7,261                         | 296.00                               |
| 4         | Assam                       | 11,991.44                                                                          | 3,31,055                      | 16,317.00                            | 9,304.80                                                                           | 1,83,266                      | 7,014.00                             |
| 5         | Bihar                       | 10,000.65                                                                          | 9,19,776                      | 33,506.00                            | 31,998.36                                                                          | 11,15,837                     | 48,286.00                            |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  | 394.31                                                                             | 5,323                         | 276.25                               | 438.45                                                                             | 5,100                         | 230.00                               |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                | 4,908.17                                                                           | 14,2,674                      | 7,796.00                             | 966.39                                                                             | 1,23,512                      | 5,452.00                             |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 146.80                                                                             | 2,194                         | 128.09                               | 29.98                                                                              | 2,033                         | 84.00                                |
| 9         | Daman and Diu               | 103.91                                                                             | 1,216                         | 65.07                                | 4.15                                                                               | 1,052                         | 37.00                                |
| 10        | Delhi                       | 2,687.95                                                                           | 67,904                        | 3,625.00                             | 545.52                                                                             | 85,885                        | 2,545.00                             |
| 11        | Goa                         | 140.13                                                                             | 3,987                         | 195.65                               | 12.14                                                                              | 4,260                         | 188.00                               |
| 12        | Gujarat                     | 9,677.20                                                                           | 3,10,604                      | 15,015                               | 0.00                                                                               | 88,439                        | 4,711.00                             |
| 13        | Haryana                     | 6,586.80                                                                           | 1,23,711                      | 7,084.00                             | 333.46                                                                             | 1,20,811                      | 3,376.00                             |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh            | 3,297.40                                                                           | 40,947                        | 2,539.00                             | 700.11                                                                             | 41,496                        | 1,978.00                             |
| 15        | Jammu And Kashmir           | 3,012.10                                                                           | 58,141                        | 2,915.00                             | 750.11                                                                             | 65,658                        | 1,949.00                             |
| 16        | Jharkhand                   | 6,338.22                                                                           | 1,99,561                      | 9,258.00                             | 1,627.47                                                                           | 1,64,238                      | 5,723.00                             |
| 17        | Karnataka                   | 11,738.64                                                                          | 3,28,319                      | 18,303.00                            | 3,600.36                                                                           | 5,05,328                      | 15,675.00                            |
| 18        | Kerala                      | 6,418.56                                                                           | 1,69,172                      | 9,210.00                             | 1,469.27                                                                           | 1,81,657                      | 6,600.00                             |
| 19        | Ladakh                      | 0.00                                                                               | 0                             | 0.00                                 | 52.45                                                                              | 1,010                         | 38.00                                |
| 20        | Lakshadweep                 | 13.76                                                                              | 284                           | 7.54                                 | 5.60                                                                               | 387                           | 17.00                                |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh              | 26,755.62                                                                          | 5,41,280                      | 29,897.00                            | 6,277.95                                                                           | 5,90,450                      | 29,058.00                            |
| 22        | Maharashtra                 | 28,788.32                                                                          | 8,14,059                      | 38,185.00                            | 11,310.90                                                                          | 5,68,728                      | 26,391.00                            |
| 23        | Manipur                     | 411.51                                                                             | 22,728                        | 1,061.00                             | 648.17                                                                             | 14,958                        | 664.00                               |
| 24 25     | Meghalaya Mizoram           | 142.52 421.68                                                                      | 15,908 4,183                  | 639.79 328.62                        | 508.05 259.56                                                                      | 9,589 5,515                   | 350.00 248.00                        |
| 27        | Odisha                      |                                                                                    | 0                             |                                      |                                                                                    | 0                             | 0.00                                 |
| 26        | Nagaland                    | 95.04                                                                              | 15,307                        | 707.6                                | 138.60                                                                             | 6,371                         | 267.00                               |
|           |                             | 0.00                                                                               |                               | 0.00                                 | 0.00                                                                               |                               |                                      |
| 28        | Puducherry                  | 159.84                                                                             | 6,444                         | 376.36                               | 43.17                                                                              | 5,202                         | 184.00                               |
| 29        | Punjab                      | 3,553.68                                                                           | 98,653                        | 5,006.00                             | 1,279.36                                                                           | 1,05,742                      | 4,134.00                             |
| 30        | Rajasthan                   | 8,780.44                                                                           | 2,94,657                      | 15,808.00                            | 9,584.32                                                                           | 2,98,756                      | 13,773.00                            |
| 31        | Sikkim                      | 87.99                                                                              | 2,121                         | 151.72                               | 56.52                                                                              | 2,626                         | 84.00                                |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu                  | 4,620.70                                                                           | 4,21,108                      | 14,396.00                            | 9,339.20                                                                           | 4,13,221                      | 12,388.00                            |
| 33        | Telangana Tripura           | 0.00 529.44                                                                        | 0 26,773                      | 0.00 1,501.00                        | 0.00                                                                               | 0 20,612                      | 0.00                                 |
| 34        |                             |                                                                                    |                               |                                      |                                                                                    |                               | 730.00                               |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh               | 38,391.24                                                                          | 12,57,801                     | 57,619.00                            | 755.34 9,927.71                                                                    | 11,12,588                     | 44,422.00                            |
| 36        | Uttarakhand                 | 2,422.40                                                                           | 47,817                        | 2,486.00                             | 1,678.26                                                                           | 58,249                        | 2,707.00                             |
| 37        | West Bengal                 | 8,768.76                                                                           | 5,31,282                      | 20,192.00                            | 0.00                                                                               | 2,97,287                      | 0.33                                 |