Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Issue of Aadhaar Card
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *93

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.07.2023

## ISSUE OF AADHAAR CARD

## *93.   SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

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

- (a) the details of citizens/people who still remain to be issued Aadhaar number by UIDAI in the country, State/UT-wise, particularly in Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the efforts being made and outcomes achieved in covering these uncovered people under the  ambit  of  Aadhaar  in  various  districts  of  Madhya  Pradesh  especially  in  the  districts  of Panna, Katni and Chhatarpur;
- (c) whether there is any data on citizens without hands or without clear fingerprints who have still not been issued Aadhaar number and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  provisions  made  to  issue  Aadhaar  number  to  people  without  hands  or without clear fingerprints?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (d):   A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *93 FOR 26.07.2023 REGARDING  ISSUE OF AADHAAR CARD

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- (a): As per sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other  Subsidies,  Benefits  and  Services)  Act,  2016,  every  resident  is  entitled  to  obtain  an Aadhaar  number  by  submitting  the  requisite  information  and  undergoing  the  enrolment process.  Accordingly, every resident who is  desirous of obtaining  an Aadhaar number and who undergoes the enrolment process by  submitting the requisite information is  issued  an Aadhaar number. As on 30.6.2023, after adjusting for the estimated number of deaths, the estimated number of living Aadhaar number holders is 130.20 crore across India. State- and Union-territory-wise details are at Annex.
- (b): As on 30.6.2023, over 63,000 Aadhaar centres were operational across India, including 3,100 centres in Madhya Pradesh. In addition, the facility of enrolment of children below the age of five years is available through around 28,000 handheld mobiles and tablets operated by  postmen,  hospital  staff,  etc.,  including  1,113  in  Madhya  Pradesh.  The  details  of  such centres  and  mobiles/tablets  available  in  Panna,  Katni  and  Chhatarpur  districts  of  Madhya Pradesh are as under:

| District   |   Active Aadhaar centres |   Active handheld mobiles and tablets |   Total |
|------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------|
| Panna      |                       39 |                                    15 |      54 |
| Katni      |                       44 |                                    23 |      67 |
| Chhatarpur |                       68 |                                    34 |     102 |

In addition to enrolment at the centres and through tablets as above, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)  organises Aadhaar enrolment  camps through enrolment Registrars authorised/recognised by it to enrol residents. During the financial year 2022-23, more  than  2,66,000  residents  were  served  in  1,159  camps  held  in  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh, including 29 camps held in Chhatarpur district and 22 camps held in Katni district.

- (c) and (d): Regulation 6 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016 provides that for residents who are unable to provide fingerprints, only iris scans shall be collected. It further  provides  that  for  residents  who  are  unable  to  provide  any  biometric  information contemplated by the regulations, UIDAI shall provide for handling of such exceptions in the enrolment  and  update  software,  and  such  enrolment  shall  be  carried  out  as  per  procedure specified by it for this purpose. As per the Biometric Exception Enrolment Guidelines, dated 1.8.2014  issued  by  UIDAI,  provision  exists  for  enrolling  residents  who  may  be  lacking  in some of the essential biometrics. For such residents, the demographic details of the resident are  to  be  captured  as  is  done  in  case  of  normal  enrolment,  the  missing  biometrics  are highlighted in the software for enrolment while capturing the remaining biometrics, a picture of the resident's face is taken with both hands raised to highlight the exception, and a person in the role of supervisor validates such enrolment as an exception enrolment. Every resident who undergoes the enrolment process by  submitting the requisite information is  issued  an Aadhaar number, irrespective of whether he/she having hands or clear fingerprints.

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## Annex referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No: *93, regarding 'Issue of Aadhaar Card', due for answer on 26.7.2023

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

| S. No.   | State / Union territory                  | Estimated number of living Aadhaar holders, as on 30.6.2023*   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 3,88,388                                                       |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 5,18,74,942                                                    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 12,49,327                                                      |
| 4        | Assam                                    | 3,07,68,862                                                    |
| 5        | Bihar                                    | 10,96,64,801                                                   |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               | 11,63,469                                                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             | 2,82,95,179                                                    |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 6,01,398                                                       |
| 9        | Delhi                                    | 2,27,59,589                                                    |
| 10       | Goa                                      | 16,20,390                                                      |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  | 6,54,41,370                                                    |
| 12       | Haryana                                  | 3,01,64,258                                                    |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 77,58,034                                                      |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 1,17,34,709                                                    |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                | 3,58,62,550                                                    |
| 16       | Karnataka                                | 6,48,49,050                                                    |
| 17       | Kerala                                   | 3,73,77,817                                                    |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   | 2,40,321                                                       |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                              | 74,087                                                         |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 7,80,68,045                                                    |
| 21       | Maharashtra                              | 11,87,76,600                                                   |
| 22       | Manipur                                  | 26,37,796                                                      |
| 23       | Meghalaya                                | 24,01,534                                                      |
| 24       | Mizoram                                  | 11,98,300                                                      |
| 25       | Nagaland                                 | 13,67,447                                                      |
| 26       | Odisha                                   | 4,40,20,860                                                    |
| 27       | Puducherry                               | 12,93,758                                                      |
| 28       | Punjab                                   | 3,12,40,741                                                    |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                | 7,54,36,152                                                    |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   | 5,76,988                                                       |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               | 7,42,24,381                                                    |
| 32       | Telangana                                | 3,85,23,838                                                    |
| 33       | Tripura                                  | 38,26,432                                                      |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 21,84,47,362                                                   |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                              | 1,16,16,082                                                    |
| 36       | West Bengal                              | 9,64,92,565                                                    |
| Total    | Total                                    | 1,30,20,37,422                                                 |

* After adjusting for estimated deaths

Source: Unique Identification Authority of India