Lok Sabha Question No. 1008 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Aadhaar Card
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1008

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.03.2016

## AADHAAR CARD

SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

1008.

Will the Minister of Communications & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a) the details of number of people covered under Aadhaar card, State-wise;
- (b) the name of schemes that have been linked with Aadhaar card;
- (c) whether instances of fake Aadhaar cards have come to the notice of the Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a):  As on 15.02.2016, a total of 97.85 crore Aadhaars have been generated. The status of Aadhaar generation State/UT wise as on 15.02.2016, vis-à-vis population as per 2011 census is given in Annexure.

(b): UIDAI is mandated to issue Aadhaar Cards to the residents of the country. Linking of schemes  with  Aadhaar  is  decided  by  the  Ministry/Department  which  is  implementing  or monitoring that scheme. Various Ministries/Departments are leveraging Aadhaar  for identification &  efficient delivery of services. Hon'ble Supreme Court vide its orders dated 11.08.2015 and 15.10.2015 has permitted the use of Aadhaar in the schemes, namely, P.D.S. Scheme,  L.P.G.  Distribution  Scheme,  The  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS), National Social Assistance Programme(Old Age Pensions, Widow  Pensions,  Disability  Pensions),  Prime  Minister's  Jan  Dhan  Yojana(PMJDY)  and Employees' Provident Fund Organisation(EPFO).

(c)  and  (d):  Aadhaar  is  generated  after  a  number  of  quality  checks  and  biometric  deduplication. Uniqueness of Aadhaar ensures that no one person can get two Aadhaars and same Aadhaar is never issued to two persons. Every attempt is made to ensure that fake or duplicate  enrolments  are  identified  through  quality  checks  and  biometric  de-duplication process,  and  rejected.  In  a  miniscule  number  of  cases,  where  a  duplicate  or  ineligible enrolment  may  slip  through,  there  are  provisions  for  taking  action  against  the  delinquent operator/supervisor/enrolment  agency;  financial  penalties;  and  criminal  proceedings  by lodging of FIR, besides cancellation of such Aadhaars.

Aadhaar verification service is available on a public portal https://resident.uidai.net.in where any person can check the validity of an Aadhaar instantaneously.

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## Annexure

|   S No. | State /UT                   |   Total Population as per 2011 census |   Total Aadhaar generated as on 15.02.2016 |   % Saturation |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------|
|       1 | Himachal Pradesh            |                               6856509 |                                    6827733 |            100 |
|       2 | Punjab                      |                              27704236 |                                   27920886 |            101 |
|       3 | Chandigarh                  |                               1054686 |                                    1050067 |            100 |
|       4 | Uttarakhand                 |                              10116752 |                                    8106182 |             80 |
|       5 | Haryana                     |                              25353081 |                                   25754076 |            102 |
|       6 | Delhi                       |                              16753235 |                                   19318658 |            115 |
|       7 | Rajasthan                   |                              68621012 |                                   56284055 |             82 |
|       8 | Uttar Pradesh               |                             199581477 |                                  140747136 |             71 |
|       9 | Bihar                       |                             103804637 |                                   65595289 |             63 |
|      10 | Sikkim                      |                                607688 |                                     576642 |             95 |
|      11 | Tripura                     |                               3671032 |                                    3539534 |             96 |
|      12 | Jharkhand                   |                              32966238 |                                   29635903 |             90 |
|      13 | Chhattisgarh                |                              25540196 |                                   24257864 |             95 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh              |                              72597565 |                                   63094568 |             87 |
|      15 | Gujarat                     |                              60383628 |                                   46710644 |             77 |
|      16 | Daman and Diu               |                                242911 |                                     192633 |             79 |
|      17 | Maharashtra                 |                             112372972 |                                  103962403 |             93 |
|      18 | Andhra Pradesh& Telangana   |                              84598963 |                                   86945413 |            103 |
|      19 | Karnataka                   |                              61130704 |                                   53727187 |             88 |
|      20 | Goa                         |                               1457723 |                                    1408151 |             97 |
|      21 | Kerala                      |                              33387677 |                                   33139405 |             99 |
|      22 | Puducherry                  |                               1244464 |                                    1240236 |            100 |
|      23 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                379944 |                                     353170 |             93 |
|      24 | Jammu and Kashmir           |                              12548926 |                                    7103255 |             57 |
|      25 | Arunachal Pradesh           |                               1382611 |                                     775639 |             56 |
|      26 | Nagaland                    |                               1980602 |                                    1028566 |             52 |
|      27 | Manipur                     |                               2721756 |                                    1619696 |             60 |
|      28 | Mizoram                     |                               1091014 |                                     442218 |             41 |
|      29 | Meghalaya                   |                               2964007 |                                      97167 |              3 |
|      30 | Assam                       |                              31169272 |                                     845052 |              3 |
|      31 | West Bengal                 |                              91347736 |                                   72660541 |             80 |

| 32          | Odisha                 |   41947358 |   32924091 |   78 |
|-------------|------------------------|------------|------------|------|
| 33          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |     342853 |     300383 |   88 |
| 34          | Lakshadweep            |      64429 |      62034 |   96 |
| 35          | Tamil Nadu             |   72138958 |   60283690 |   84 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total            | 1210126852 |  978530167 |   81 |