(a) the total number of people who have been registered under the
project Aadhaar till date, State-wise including Bihar;
(b) whether a large number of duplicate and fake identities in
Government and private databases have been detected;
(c) If so, the details thereof, State-wise/UT-wise; and
(d) The remedial steps taken in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND
EARTH SCIENCES (DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a): As on 1st March’ 2012, 13,68,82,913 people have been issued Aadhaar under the
Aadhaar project. State-wise details including Bihar is at Annexure-1.
(b), (c) & (d): Aadhaar project provides for uniquely identifying a resident after de-
duplicating the demographic and biometric information. It is not the mandate of the
Aadhaar project to identify duplicate and fake identities in the Government and private
databases. It is for the Government and private agencies concerned to leverage this
unique identity infrastructure to detect duplicate and fake identities and accordingly,
take remedial steps.