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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

16-March-2012 13:58 IST

Aadhaarenrolments to Rise by 40 Crores in the Next Year, Adequate Funds Assured

The Finance Minister ShriPranab Mukherjee has expressed confidence that the UID-Aadhaar platform is now ready to support the payments of MG-NREGA; old age, widow and disability pensions; and scholarships directly to the beneficiary accounts in selected areas. Presenting the Union Budget for the year 2012-13, the Finance Minister informed the Lower House of Parliament that the enrolments into the other system have already crossed 20 crore and the Aadhaar numbers generated upto date has crossed 14 crore. He proposed to allocate adequate funds to complete another 40 crore enrolments starting from April 1, 2012.

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Aadhaar expansion to enable direct payments of social benefits with funding assured for large scale enrolment. The UID Aadhaar platform is declared ready to enable direct payments of MG NREGA wages, social pensions and scholarships into beneficiary accounts in selected areas, and funding is assured to complete a major additional phase of enrolments starting April 1, 2012.