Lok Sabha Question No. 5519 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Aadhaar of Deceased Persons
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5519

TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.4.2023

## AADHAAR OF DECEASED PERSONS

## 5519.  ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

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

- (a) whether there is any provision to deactivate Aadhaar of deceased person;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  Unique  Identification  Authority  of  India  (UIDAI)  has  considered  deactivation  of Aadhaar of the deceased while issuing death certificate;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which this provision will be implemented;
- (e) the details of the percentage of population holding Aadhaar presently State/UT-wise; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  use  Aadhaar  data  for  census  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):     No, Sir.
- (b):   At present, there is no mechanism to receive the Aadhaar number of deceased persons from the Registrars appointed by  State Governments under the provisions of the Registration of  Births and Deaths Act, 1969 for the registration of births and deaths, to deactivate Aadhaar.
- (c)  and  (d):        Registrars  appointed  by  State  Governments  under  the  said  Act  register  births  and deaths in their respective local areas. The Unique Identification Authority of India has apprised that the Registrar General of India had sought the Authority's suggestions on draft amendments to the Registration of Births  and Deaths  Act,  1969, regarding the capturing of the Aadhaar number of a deceased person while issuing the death certificate, for subsequent sharing of the Aadhaar number by the Registrar with the Authority for deactivation of Aadhaar.
- (e):        The  Unique  Identification  Authority  of  India  provides  digital  identity  (Aadhaar)  and  digital authentication services in respect of all residents of  India. The Authority has informed that, as on 28.2.2023, more than 136 crore Aadhaar numbers have been issued by it and that, after adjusting for the  estimated  number of deaths,  the estimated number of living Aadhaar number holders is 130.2 crore, which is over 94% of the total projected population for 2022. The State- and Union-territorywise details of the same are at Annex.
- (f):   The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India has informed that there is no plan to use Aadhaar data for census.

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## Details of the estimated number of living Aadhaar number holders

(as on 28.2.2023)

| Sl. No.   | State / Union territory                  | Population (projected for 2022)   | Aadhaar assigned (live)   | Saturation percentage (live)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 4,02,000                          | 3,89,814                  | 96.97%                         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           | 5,29,72,000                       | 5,20,22,693               | 98.21%                         |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 15,48,000                         | 12,43,448                 | 80.33%                         |
| 4         | Assam                                    | 3,53,78,000                       | 3,07,00,745               | 86.78%                         |
| 5         | Bihar                                    | 12,49,19,000                      | 10,93,04,466              | 87.50%                         |
| 6         | Chandigarh                               | 12,19,000                         | 11,65,303                 | 95.59%                         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             | 2,98,36,000                       | 2,82,91,224               | 94.82%                         |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 6,44,174                          | 6,03,173                  | 93.64%                         |
| 9         | Delhi                                    | 2,09,65,000                       | 2,27,80,450               | 108.66%                        |
| 10        | Goa                                      | 15,67,000                         | 16,26,423                 | 103.79%                        |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  | 7,06,48,000                       | 6,55,39,544               | 92.77%                         |
| 12        | Haryana                                  | 2,98,46,000                       | 3,02,11,454               | 101.22%                        |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         | 74,31,000                         | 77,73,590                 | 104.61%                        |
| 14        | Jammu Kashmir                            | 1,35,05,000                       | 1,17,39,277               | 86.93%                         |
| 15        | Jharkhand                                | 3,89,69,000                       | 3,59,40,602               | 92.23%                         |
| 16        | Karnataka                                | 6,72,68,000                       | 6,48,93,395               | 96.47%                         |
| 17        | Kerala                                   | 3,56,33,000                       | 3,74,37,115               | 105.06%                        |
| 18        | Ladakh                                   | 2,99,000                          | 2,40,182                  | 80.33%                         |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                              | 68,000                            | 74,013                    | 108.84%                        |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                           | 8,55,48,000                       | 7,80,18,912               | 91.20%                         |
| 21        | Maharashtra                              | 12,54,11,000                      | 11,89,91,428              | 94.88%                         |
| 22        | Manipur                                  | 31,94,000                         | 26,49,224                 | 82.94%                         |
| 23        | Meghalaya                                | 33,18,000                         | 23,02,923                 | 69.41%                         |
| 24        | Mizoram                                  | 12,27,000                         | 11,94,716                 | 97.37%                         |
| 25        | Nagaland                                 | 22,13,000                         | 13,62,624                 | 61.57%                         |
| 26        | Odisha                                   | 4,41,62,000                       | 4,41,31,247               | 99.93%                         |
| 27        | Puducherry                               | 13,62,786                         | 12,95,499                 | 95.06%                         |
| 28        | Punjab                                   | 3,05,35,000                       | 3,13,17,377               | 102.56%                        |
| 29        | Rajasthan                                | 8,01,53,000                       | 7,53,62,692               | 94.02%                         |
| 30        | Sikkim                                   | 6,83,000                          | 5,77,440                  | 84.54%                         |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                               | 7,66,31,000                       | 7,43,94,675               | 97.08%                         |
| 32        | Telangana                                | 3,79,07,000                       | 3,85,80,185               | 101.78%                        |
| 33        | Tripura                                  | 41,09,000                         | 38,29,261                 | 93.19%                         |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                            | 23,32,97,000                      | 21,80,89,797              | 93.48%                         |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                              | 1,15,18,000                       | 1,16,15,914               | 100.85%                        |
| 36        | West Bengal                              | 9,86,04,000                       | 9,63,34,739               | 97.70%                         |
|           | Total                                    | 1,37,29,89,959                    | 1,30,20,25,563            | 94.83%                         |

Source: Unique Identification Authority of India

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