MINISTER OF STATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS & PLANNING (SHRI RAJEEV SHUKLA)
(a) The Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI) has been mandated to generate & issue
unique identification numbers (Aadhaar) to all the residents of India. UIDAI is authorized
to enroll, through Multiple Registrars upto 60 crore residents by 2014 in 18 States/UTs as
per Annexure-I. The rest of the population will be covered by Registrar General of India(RGI)
under National Population Register(NPR) process.
(b) 27,41,09,826 Aadhaar Numbers have been generated upto 31.01.2013. State-wise details are
at Annexure-II.
(c) & (d) The acceptance of Aadhaar as a Proof of Identity (PoI) and Proof of Address (PoA)
by different Central and State Government Departments is an ongoing process. Amongst others
the following have notified Aadhaar as PoI and PoA:-
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has notified that Aadhaar shall be taken
as a valid PoI and PoA after confirming identity and address through the Aadhaar authentication
procedure for obtaining telephone and mobile connections.
Ministry of Finance has recognized Aadhaar as an officially valid documents as PoI and PoA for
opening bank accounts.
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has recognized Aadhaar as a valid PoI and PoA for
obtaining LPG connections.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued necessary instructions for recognition
of Aadhaar as PoI and PoA for obtaining driving license and registration of vehicles.
Department of Health and Family Welfare has recognized Aadhaar as PoI and PoA for
extending financial assistance to patients below poverty line who are suffering
from major life threatening diseases for receiving medical treatment at any of
the super specialty Hospitals/Institutions or other Government Hospitals under
Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi.
Ministry of Railways has recognized Aadhaar as a valid PoI for rail travel.
Election Commission of India has accepted Aadhaar as an alternative PoI and
PoA at the time of polls in absence of Election Photo Identity Card.
Some of the State/UT Government viz. Sikkim, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,
Chandigarh, Nagaland, Haryana, Manipur and Rajasthan have also recognized Aadhaar as
one of the PoI and PoA for their various resident centric schemes.
(e) The UID Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme. The Government has, till date, approved a total
of Rs. 8962.06 crore for the Aadhaar project. The year-wise expenditure on the Aadhaar project
has been as under:-
(INR in Crores)
Year BE FE Actual Expenditure
2009-10 120.00 26.38 26.21
2010-11 1900.00 273.80 268.41
2011-12 1470.00 1195.00 1187.50
2012-13 1758.00 1350.00 887.57 (as on 31.01.2013)
Apart from the above, recommendations of EFC-IV for an additional outlay of Rs. 3441.00 core
towards enrolment cost, cost of updation, logistics for the issue of Aadhaar letter for the
entire population and other capital costs are awaiting the approval of the Cabinet Committee
on UIDAI.
