Lok Sabha Question No. 530 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Aadhaar Numbers
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 530

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2022

## AADHAAR NUMBERS

## 530. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

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

- (a) the number of people in the country in general and Madhya Pradesh in particular who remained to be issued Aadhaar number by UIDAI;
- (b) the efforts being made and the outcomes achieved in covering these uncovered people;
- (c) whether any data has been maintained on citizens without hands or clear fingerprints who are still not issued Aadhaar number, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  provisions  that  has  been  made  to  issue  Aadhaar  number  to  people  without  hands  or  clear fingerprints?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per RGI data, the total projected population (2022) of India is 137.30 crore (approx). As on 30th June 2022, a total of 133.586 crore Aadhaars have been generated. However, the actual number of Aadhaar holders  would  be  lesser  due  to  deaths.  Hence,  the  concept  of  'Live  Aadhaar'  has  been  introduced  to estimate the number of persons  holding Aadhaar who are alive. It is estimated that the number of Live Aadhaars stands at 127.79 crore. Based on this information, it can be concluded that a population of around 9.51 crore are yet to enroll for Aadhaar, out of which 8.30 crore are children in the age group of 0-5 years.

Similarly, the total projected population (2022) of Madhya Pradesh is 8.55 crore (approx). Further, Live Aadhaar in Madhya Pradesh is estimated at 7.63 crore (approx). It can be concluded that a population of around 92.01 lakh are yet to enroll for Aadhaar, out of which 67.29 lakh are children in the age group of 05 years.

The Aadhaar Saturation Report as on 30th June, 2022 is attached as Annexure-I.

- (b): UIDAI  has  on-boarded  various  Central/  State  Government  Departments  including  Department  of Posts, Women & Child Development Department, School Education Department, Scheduled Commercial Banks, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, BSNL, CSC, UTIITSL, IPPB etc. as Registrars for providing Aadhaar enrolment & update services to the residents. In addition to this, UIDAI is in the process of establishing and  running  Aadhaar  Seva  Kendras  (ASKs)  at  selected  cities  across  the  country  through  its  Service Providers.

UIDAI is making all out efforts for covering the left out population for Aadhaar and the same is evident from the fact  that  as  on  30th  June,  2022,  around  57,000  Aadhaar  counters  were  operational  throughout India.  In  addition,  nearly  34,000  Mobile/Tablet  based  Child  Enrolment  Lite  Client  (CELC)  are  also functional specially for carrying out Aadhaar enrolment of children in 0-5 age group.

- (c): Every person who has approached UIDAI has been issued Aadhaar irrespective of resident not having hands or clear fingerprints.
- (d): The provision is made in Regulation 6(1) of the Aadhaar (Enrolment & Update) Regulations, 2016, which lays down that - 'For residents who are unable to provide fingerprints, owning to reasons such as injury, deformities, amputation of the fingers/ hands or any other relevant reason, only Iris scans of such residents will be collected'.

The information is available in the public domain on the official website of UIDAI, for the reference of general  public.  In  addition,  the  Biometric  Exception  Guidelines  are  also  provided  and  the  same  are available at the link:-https://uidai.gov.in/images/Biometric\_exception\_guidelines\_01-08-2014.pdf

## Annexure-I

|       | State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation as on 30-Jun-22   | State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation as on 30-Jun-22   | State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation as on 30-Jun-22   | State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation as on 30-Jun-22   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No  | State Name                                         | Total Population (Projected 2022)*                 | Numbers of Aadhaar assigned (LIVE)                 | Saturation% (LIVE)                                 |
| 1     | A&NIslands                                         | 4,02,000                                           | 3,85,820                                           | 95.98%                                             |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 529,72,000                                         | 514,79,040                                         | 97.18%                                             |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 15,48,000                                          | 12,38,995                                          | 80.04%                                             |
| 4     | Assam                                              | 353,78,000                                         | 298,19,791                                         | 84.29%                                             |
| 5     | Bihar                                              | 1249,19,000                                        | 1072,06,477                                        | 85.82%                                             |
| 6     | Chandigarh**                                       | 12,19,000                                          | 11,48,951                                          | 94.25%                                             |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                                       | 298,36,000                                         | 278,40,763                                         | 93.31%                                             |
| 8     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu**               | 6,44,174                                           | 5,96,417                                           | 92.59%                                             |
| 9     | Delhi                                              | 209,65,000                                         | 224,25,340                                         | 106.97%                                            |
| 10    | Goa                                                | 15,67,000                                          | 16,08,638                                          | 102.66%                                            |
| 11    | Gujarat                                            | 706,48,000                                         | 646,47,666                                         | 91.51%                                             |
| 12    | Haryana                                            | 298,46,000                                         | 298,31,817                                         | 99.95%                                             |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 74,31,000                                          | 76,89,079                                          | 103.47%                                            |
| 14    | Jammu Kashmir                                      | 135,05,000                                         | 115,68,584                                         | 85.66%                                             |
| 15    | Jharkhand                                          | 389,69,000                                         | 352,12,564                                         | 90.36%                                             |
| 16    | Karnataka                                          | 672,68,000                                         | 639,71,673                                         | 95.10%                                             |
| 17    | Kerala                                             | 356,33,000                                         | 370,12,332                                         | 103.87%                                            |
| 18    | Ladakh                                             | 2,99,000                                           | 2,34,182                                           | 78.32%                                             |
| 19    | Lakshadweep                                        | 68,000                                             | 73,170                                             | 107.60%                                            |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh                                     | 855,48,000                                         | 763,46,715                                         | 89.24%                                             |
| 21    | Maharashtra                                        | 1254,11,000                                        | 1165,78,452                                        | 92.96%                                             |
| 22    | Manipur                                            | 31,94,000                                          | 25,84,549                                          | 80.92%                                             |
| 23    | Meghalaya                                          | 33,18,000                                          | 20,75,848                                          | 62.56%                                             |
| 24    | Mizoram                                            | 12,27,000                                          | 11,62,850                                          | 94.77%                                             |
| 25    | Nagaland                                           | 22,13,000                                          | 13,29,441                                          | 60.07%                                             |
| 26    | Odisha                                             | 441,62,000                                         | 434,77,548                                         | 98.45%                                             |
| 27    | Puducherry**                                       | 13,62,786                                          | 12,83,443                                          | 94.18%                                             |
| 28    | Punjab                                             | 305,35,000                                         | 309,01,120                                         | 101.20%                                            |
| 29    | Rajasthan                                          | 801,53,000                                         | 738,86,696                                         | 92.18%                                             |
| 30    | Sikkim                                             | 6,83,000                                           | 5,73,858                                           | 84.02%                                             |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                                         | 766,31,000                                         | 736,51,371                                         | 96.11%                                             |
| 32    | Telangana                                          | 379,07,000                                         | 380,68,389                                         | 100.43%                                            |
| 33    | Tripura                                            | 41,09,000                                          | 37,48,699                                          | 91.23%                                             |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 2332,97,000                                        | 2128,36,606                                        | 91.23%                                             |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                                        | 115,18,000                                         | 113,88,326                                         | 98.87%                                             |
| 36    | West Bengal                                        | 986,04,000                                         | 940,01,541                                         | 95.33%                                             |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                                              | 13729,89,959                                       | 12778,86,750                                       | 93.07%                                             |