Radheshyam Jadhav, TNN | Nov 29, 2014, 06.47PM IST
PUNE: Total 70.43 crore Aadhaar cards have been generated in the country as on November 15, 2014, according to the Union government.
The Aadhaar saturation level is more than 90% in nine states / union territories (UT) ; between 75% and 90% in seven states and UTs and between 50% and 75% in another eight states and UTs. In remaining twelve states and UTs, the Aadhaar saturation level is under 50%.
This information was given by the minister of state (Independent Charge) for Planning, Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha recently.
The minister said that a total outlay of Rs. 13663.22 crore has been sanctioned for Aadhaar project for the period 2009-2010 to 2016-2017. As on October 31, 2014 a total amount of Rs 5181 crore has been spent on this scheme since inception.
He said that the issuance of Aadhaar number is progressing as per defined milestones. While a target of universal enrolment is being pursued, it has to be noted that Aadhaar enrolment is undertaken on voluntary basis and is an ongoing process.
There is no deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts of beneficiaries of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Schemes.
Rao said that as part of processing of each enrolment, various checks including the de-duplication process are undertaken before Aadhaar is generated. The enrolments with incorrect information, process violation, duplicate enrolment etc. are rejected and not processed further for Aadhaar generation. eom