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Continuing its support to Aadhaar scheme, the government has announced providing a sum of Rs 2,000 crore for the project in 20015—16, over 23 per cent higher than the revised estimates of the current fiscal.
According to the Budget document, the government has incurred an expenditure Rs 1,617.73 crore as per the revised estimates for the current fiscal.
However, the budget estimate of expenditure on the project being implemented by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was Rs 2,039.64 crore for the current fiscal.
The budget proposal revealed that government has proposed to increase the expenditure on the Aadhaar project by 23.63 per cent in next fiscal compared to the revised estimates of 2014—15.
As per the information available on the official website, the UIDAI has issued as many as 77.91 crore Aadhaar numbers to the residents in the country.
When the new government took over last year in May, there were apprehensions that the project may not be continued in the new regime.
However, the government made it clear that it will continue the project and provided Rs 2,039.64 crore for the current fiscal which was higher than Rs 1,550 provided in 2013—14.
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