Lok Sabha Question No. 2624 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: NRC List
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2624

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021/ AGRAHAYANA 23, 1943 (SAKA)

NRC LIST

†2624. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Aadhaar  cards  made  in  the  country  so  far,  State  and district-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  people  are  facing  difficulties  due  to  biometric  requirement  for National Register of Citizens (NRC), if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the draft of NRC is final or it is yet to be finalized, if so, the details thereof;

(d) the details of funds spent on NRC so far; and

(e) the details of the people that are not listed in NRC?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): As  of  30 th   November,  2021,  estimated  number  of  Live  Aadhaar  is  126.38 crore.  The State-wise details are given at Annex.  District-wise details are not compiled.

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(b) (c): As  per  the  Standard  Operating  Procedure  (SOP)  approved  by  the Hon'ble Supreme Court for disposal of claims and objections on the NRC list, the biometric enrolment in respect of persons who were part of the claims and those Contd….

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2624 FOR 14.12.2021

objected  upon  were  to  be  distinctive  and  separate  IDs  were  to  be  generated. Only on publication of final NRC, such persons who are included in the NRC are to be  given  the  usual  Aadhaar  number  as  applicable  to  legal  residents  in  the country. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has directed the State Coordinator to enact an appropriate security regime on lines similar to the security regime provided for Aadhaar data and only thereafter the list of  inclusions  and  exclusions  shall  be made  available  to  the  State  Government,  Central  Government  and  Registrar General, India.  No instruction has been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs to deprive  access  to  welfare  schemes  to  such  persons  for  whom  distinctive  and separate IDs have been generated.

(d): The  approved  cost  of  the  scheme  of  Updation  of  National  Register  of Citizens (NRC), 1951 in Assam is Rs.1602.66 crore, out of which Rs.1602.52 crore has been released to the Government of Assam.

(e): On the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the supplementary list of inclusions and the list of exclusions have been published on 31st August, 2019.  A total of 3,11,21,004 persons are found eligible for inclusion leaving out 19,06,657 persons.

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## ANNEX TO LS USQ 2624 FOR 14.12.2021

## State /Union Territories-wise details of Numbers of Aadhaar assigned (LIVE)

| S.No.   | State / Union Territory Name         | Numbers of Aadhaar   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 3,89,490             |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh                       | 5,13,83,850          |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 12,48,650            |
| 4.      | Assam                                | 2,75,24,621          |
| 5.      | Bihar                                | 10,57,95,420         |
| 6.      | Chandigarh                           | 11,45,872            |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh                         | 2,77,13,468          |
| 8.      | Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 5,97,124             |
| 9.      | Delhi                                | 2,21,98,025          |
| 10.     | Goa                                  | 15,95,212            |
| 11.     | Gujarat                              | 6,39,77,148          |
| 12.     | Haryana                              | 2,96,59,330          |
| 13.     | Himachal Pradesh                     | 76,52,656            |
| 14.     | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 1,13,77,905          |
| 15.     | Jharkhand                            | 3,50,91,939          |
| 16.     | Karnataka                            | 6,34,00,889          |
| 17.     | Kerala                               | 3,67,55,184          |
| 18.     | Ladakh                               | 2,32,268             |
| 19.     | Lakshadweep                          | 72,871               |
| 20.     | Madhya Pradesh                       | 7,59,62,784          |
| 21.     | Maharashtra                          | 11,58,92,477         |
| 22.     | Manipur                              | 25,56,999            |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                            | 18,06,115            |
| 24.     | Mizoram                              | 11,48,594            |
| 25.     | Nagaland                             | 13,25,043            |
| 26.     | Odisha                               | 4,30,33,852          |
| 27.     | Puducherry                           | 12,87,812            |
| 28.     | Punjab                               | 3,06,92,011          |
| 29.     | Rajasthan                            | 7,29,32,604          |
| 30.     | Sikkim                               | 5,76,991             |
| 31.     | Tamil Nadu                           | 7,30,45,533          |
| 32.     | Telangana                            | 3,79,78,492          |
| 33.     | Tripura                              | 37,27,862            |
| 34.     | Uttar Pradesh                        | 20,96,76,251         |
| 35.     | Uttarakhand                          | 1,12,66,674          |
| 36.     | West Bengal                          | 9,30,34,085          |
|         | Total                                | 1,26,37,56,100       |

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