Savings due to Aadhaar

Government level: Government of India (India)

Agency/Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Addressed to: None

Date Created: April 17, 2017

Last Updated: Dec. 7, 2017

Response Due Date: June 30, 2017

Privacy Status: Public

Language: English

Status: Fulfilled

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Date Fulfilled: Still Pending

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In an article published by the Times of India on 17 April 2017, Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, wrote: "According to our estimates Aadhaar has saved approximately over Rs 49,000 crore in two and half years by eliminating crores of ghost beneficiaries in programmes like MGNREGS, Pahal, schools, PDS." Please provide a full and true copy of any documents that mention this estimate or provide the basis for calculating this total.

Date Received	Title	Agency
14 Jul 2017	Transfer of RTI by Dy. Director ( e-governance	Localisation in e - Governance
25 Jul 2017	Transferred from Cabinet Secretariat
22 Aug 2017	Transfer from Department of Food and Public Distribution	Department of Food and Public Distribution
31 Aug 2017	Transfer from Section Officer of MEIT	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
07 Sep 2017	Response from Nodal Officer-UIDAI	Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
18 Sep 2017	Transfer from Enrolment and Update Divison-UIDAI	Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
20 Sep 2017	Response from Department of Food and Public Distribution	Department of Food and Public Distribution
22 Sep 2017	Response from Direct Benefit Transfer Cell-UIDAI	Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
16 Oct 2017	Response from CPIO	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
03 Nov 2017	Response PIO of HRD Ministry	Department of School Education and Literacy
16 Nov 2017	Response from the Section Officer-MGNREGA Divison	Department of Rural Development

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