GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 687
TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2019
AADHAAR CARDS
687. SHRI ANTO ANTONY
Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government has any record regarding the number of Aadhaar cards issued in the country, so far;
- (b) if so, the State and gender-wise details of the Aadhaar card holders in the country;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to make Aadhaar card compulsory for each and every citizen in the country and as a sole document for identity proof; and
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI S. S. AHLUWALIA)
(a) and (b) Yes, Sir. As on 31st December 2018, a total of 123.08 Crore Aadhaar have been issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The State-wise details of Aadhaar issued is at annexure-A. The gender-wise details of Aadhaar generation are not maintained.
(c) and (d) No, Sir. Enrolment for Aadhaar is voluntary.
In accordance with Section 3(1) of Aadhaar Act, 2016, every resident is entitled to obtain an Aadhaar number and Section 7 of the said act states that- “ the central Government or, as the case may be, the state Government may, for the purpose of establishing identity of an individual as a condition for receipt of a subsidy, benefit or service for which the expenditure is incurred from, or the receipt therefrom forms part of, the Consolidated Fund of India, require that such individual undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or in the case of an individual to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, such individual makes an application for enrolment.
Provided that if an Aadhaar number is not assigned to an individual, the individual shall be offered alternate and viable means of identification for delivery of the subsidy, benefit or service.
State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation 31st December, 2018
Annexure
| S.No | State Name |
Total Population (Projected 2018) |
Numbers of Aadhaar assigned |
Saturation % (2018) |
| 1 | Delhi | 8,345,784 | 22,223,958 | 121% |
| 2 | Haryana* | 27,388,008 | 29,148,155 | 106% |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh* | 7,316,708 | 7,758,579 | 106% |
| 4 | Goa* | 1,542,750 | 1,633,818 | 106% |
| 5 | Kerala | 35,330,888 | 37,301,867 | 106% |
| 6 | Punjab* | 29,611,935 | 31,164,241 | 105% |
| 7 | Chandigarh* | 1,126,705 | 1,185,267 | 105% |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 378,979 | 384,927 | 102% |
| 9 | Telangana | 8,472,769 | 38,905,542 | 101% |
| 10 | Lakshadweep | 71,218 | 71,983 | 101% |
| 11 | Uttarakhand | 1,090,425 | 11,191,099 | 101% |
| 12 | Daman & Diu* | 220,084 | 220,407 | 100% |
| 13 | Andhra Pradesh* | 2,883,163 | 52,147,652 | 99% |
| 14 | Gujarat* | 3,907,200 | 62,741,767 | 98% |
| 15 | Puducherry | ,375,592 | 1,343,896 | 98% |
| 16 | A & N Islands | 19,978 | 407,270 | 97% |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | 8,566,990 | 27,475,189 | 96% |
| 18 | Maharashtra | 20,837,347 | 116,072,194 | 96% |
| 19 | Tamil Nadu | 6,481,545 | 73,373,758 | 96% |
| 20 | Odisha | 5,429,399 | 43,510,246 | 96% |
| 21 | West Bengal | 7,694,960 | 93,567,027 | 96% |
| 22 | Karnataka | 6,165,886 | 63,285,574 | 96% |
| 23 | Jharkhand | 7,329,128 | 35,585,906 | 95% |
| 24 | Tripura | 4 ,057,847 | 3,793,295 | 93% |
| 25 | Madhya Pradesh | 2,342,793 | 76,471,893 | 93% |
| 26 | Sikkim | 671,720 | 610,917 | 91% |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh* | 28,959,599 | 205,225,742 | 90% |
| 28 | Mizoram | ,205,974 | 1,077,256 | 89% |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 8,230,816 | 69,702,169 | 89% |
| 30 | Bihar | 19,461,013 | 102,457,579 | 86% |
| 31 | Manipur | 3,008,546 | 2,508,663 | 83% |
| 32 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,528,296 | 1,241,708 | 81% |
| 33 | Jammu Kashmir | 13,635,010 | 10,540,421 | 77% |
| 34 | Nagaland | 2,189,297 | 1,290,359 | 59% |
| 35 | Meghalaya | 3,276,323 | 927,238 | 28% |
| 36 | Assam | 34,586,234 | 4,264,361 | 12% |
| TOTAL | 1,335,140,907 | 1,230,811,923 | 92.2% |
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