NEW DELHI: Terming Aadhaar as a "game changer", finance minister Arun Jaitley Sunday mentioned financial savings made via its implementation can fund 3 public welfare schemes of the magnitude of Ayushman Bharat - the ambitious healthcare programme to offer free hospitalisation to hundreds of thousands of deficient other people.
He additionally attributed the a success implementation of Aadhaar to the decisive management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Congress-led UPA remained "half-hearted" towards it on account of its own contradictions and indecision.
In a Facebook put up titled 'Benefits of the Aadhaar - the place it stands as of late', Jaitley mentioned its use within the supply of subsidies has helped stored Rs 90,000 crore in the previous couple of years till March 2018 by way of getting rid of several replica, non-existent and faux beneficiaries.
The Digital Dividend Report prepared by way of the World Bank estimates that India can save Rs 77,000 crore yearly by means of Aadhaar, he mentioned.
"The savings through Aadhaar can fund three schemes of the size of Ayushman Bharat ... Aadhaar is a game changer," Jaitley mentioned.
Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana objectives to offer a protection of Rs five lakh in step with family yearly, reaping rewards more than 10.74 crore deficient families for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation via a network of empanelled healthcare providers.
Since its launch in September, just about 7 lakh deficient patients were equipped free hospital treatment.
Jaitley mentioned the UPA, on account of its contradictions and indecision, remained half-hearted about Aadhaar.
"Instead of taking credit for it, Congress lawyers challenged it in Court and appeared as the anti-technology, anti-Aadhaar faces. A decisive Prime Minister made it possible," he mentioned.
The general amount of subsidy transferred via Aadhaar now equals Rs 1,69,868 crore.
"With the elimination of middlemen the benefits go directly to the bank accounts. This is a unique technology implemented only in India. The monies saved through Aadhaar is money fruitfully employed for the poor elsewhere," Jaitley mentioned.
Since The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and different Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill was once passed in 2016, within the remaining 28 months over 122 crore Aadhaar numbers were issued. About 99 in step with cent of the grownup inhabitants of India above the age of 18 stands lined.
He mentioned 22.80 crore PAHAL and Ujjwala beneficiaries are given cooking gas subsidies via direct get advantages switch (DBT) of their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
Jaitley mentioned 58.24 crore ration card holders stand linked and 10.33 crore MGNREGA card holders get salary payment via DBT of their bank accounts. So do the 1.93 crore beneficiaries of the nationwide social help programme.
The Income Tax department has already linked 21 crore PAN card holders with their Aadhaar numbers.
A total of two,579 crore authentications were undertaken till date. Everyday, 2.7 crore authentications are performed. UIDAI has the capability of 10 crore transactions to be authenticated in step with day.
In maximum schemes, the direct get advantages switch takes place to the beneficiaries' 63.52 crore bank accounts that were linked with the original id as on December 15, 2018. The general selection of subsidy transactions via Aadhaar are near to 425 crore.
Jaitley mentioned a senior minister within the UPA executive blocked the speculation of Unique Identity Number (UID) conceived by way of Nandan Nilekani and it was once a "divided house". "The Prime Minister was indecisive. The enrolment continued, though at a very moderate pace," he mentioned.
It was once just a decisive Prime Minister Narendra Modi who decided to move ahead with the speculation of Aadhaar after the formation of the NDA executive in May 2014, he added.
The UPA law, Jaitley mentioned, was once insufficient because it didn't contain ok safeguards on privateness and didn't mention for which objective the UID would be used.
"The NDA executive re-examined the problem and the law was once utterly modified. The pith and substance of the new law was once that Government spends a large part of the public assets in subsidising the deficient. This subsidy turned into an indefinite amount which is given to an unidentified section of the folks.
"There are several cases of duplication and thus the original id in keeping with biometrics would eliminate those aberrations and aid would commute best to the supposed. This was once the thrust of the new law," he mentioned.
Jaitley mentioned the Supreme Court upheld the whole idea of unique id and rejected the problem that it violated the Right to Privacy.
"It held that Aadhaar meets the concept that of constitutional agree with, restricted executive and good governance and empowers marginalised section of society. It additionally presented several safeguards to be sure that it isn't misused. The Judgement of the Supreme Court added stability to the concept that of Aadhaar," Jaitley mentioned.
Two individuals deserve a unique credit score for Aadhaar, the minister mentioned.
"Shri Nandan Nilekani, who started it and Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey, who therefore equipped it with the direction and expansion. He masterminded the Government strategy to repel the prison problem," Jaitley added.
He additionally attributed the a success implementation of Aadhaar to the decisive management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Congress-led UPA remained "half-hearted" towards it on account of its own contradictions and indecision.
In a Facebook put up titled 'Benefits of the Aadhaar - the place it stands as of late', Jaitley mentioned its use within the supply of subsidies has helped stored Rs 90,000 crore in the previous couple of years till March 2018 by way of getting rid of several replica, non-existent and faux beneficiaries.
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— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) 1546753933000The Digital Dividend Report prepared by way of the World Bank estimates that India can save Rs 77,000 crore yearly by means of Aadhaar, he mentioned.
"The savings through Aadhaar can fund three schemes of the size of Ayushman Bharat ... Aadhaar is a game changer," Jaitley mentioned.
Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana objectives to offer a protection of Rs five lakh in step with family yearly, reaping rewards more than 10.74 crore deficient families for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation via a network of empanelled healthcare providers.
Since its launch in September, just about 7 lakh deficient patients were equipped free hospital treatment.
Jaitley mentioned the UPA, on account of its contradictions and indecision, remained half-hearted about Aadhaar.
"Instead of taking credit for it, Congress lawyers challenged it in Court and appeared as the anti-technology, anti-Aadhaar faces. A decisive Prime Minister made it possible," he mentioned.
The general amount of subsidy transferred via Aadhaar now equals Rs 1,69,868 crore.
"With the elimination of middlemen the benefits go directly to the bank accounts. This is a unique technology implemented only in India. The monies saved through Aadhaar is money fruitfully employed for the poor elsewhere," Jaitley mentioned.
Since The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and different Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill was once passed in 2016, within the remaining 28 months over 122 crore Aadhaar numbers were issued. About 99 in step with cent of the grownup inhabitants of India above the age of 18 stands lined.
He mentioned 22.80 crore PAHAL and Ujjwala beneficiaries are given cooking gas subsidies via direct get advantages switch (DBT) of their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
Jaitley mentioned 58.24 crore ration card holders stand linked and 10.33 crore MGNREGA card holders get salary payment via DBT of their bank accounts. So do the 1.93 crore beneficiaries of the nationwide social help programme.
The Income Tax department has already linked 21 crore PAN card holders with their Aadhaar numbers.
A total of two,579 crore authentications were undertaken till date. Everyday, 2.7 crore authentications are performed. UIDAI has the capability of 10 crore transactions to be authenticated in step with day.
In maximum schemes, the direct get advantages switch takes place to the beneficiaries' 63.52 crore bank accounts that were linked with the original id as on December 15, 2018. The general selection of subsidy transactions via Aadhaar are near to 425 crore.
Jaitley mentioned a senior minister within the UPA executive blocked the speculation of Unique Identity Number (UID) conceived by way of Nandan Nilekani and it was once a "divided house". "The Prime Minister was indecisive. The enrolment continued, though at a very moderate pace," he mentioned.
It was once just a decisive Prime Minister Narendra Modi who decided to move ahead with the speculation of Aadhaar after the formation of the NDA executive in May 2014, he added.
The UPA law, Jaitley mentioned, was once insufficient because it didn't contain ok safeguards on privateness and didn't mention for which objective the UID would be used.
"The NDA executive re-examined the problem and the law was once utterly modified. The pith and substance of the new law was once that Government spends a large part of the public assets in subsidising the deficient. This subsidy turned into an indefinite amount which is given to an unidentified section of the folks.
"There are several cases of duplication and thus the original id in keeping with biometrics would eliminate those aberrations and aid would commute best to the supposed. This was once the thrust of the new law," he mentioned.
Jaitley mentioned the Supreme Court upheld the whole idea of unique id and rejected the problem that it violated the Right to Privacy.
"It held that Aadhaar meets the concept that of constitutional agree with, restricted executive and good governance and empowers marginalised section of society. It additionally presented several safeguards to be sure that it isn't misused. The Judgement of the Supreme Court added stability to the concept that of Aadhaar," Jaitley mentioned.
Two individuals deserve a unique credit score for Aadhaar, the minister mentioned.
"Shri Nandan Nilekani, who started it and Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey, who therefore equipped it with the direction and expansion. He masterminded the Government strategy to repel the prison problem," Jaitley added.
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