Government today said that no one will be deprived of the benefits for lack of Aadhaar number. In a statement, the Government reiterated that till Aadhaar number is assigned to any individual, the benefit will continue on alternate means of identification. <br/><br/>It also directed the departments to provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities to their beneficiaries. In view of usefulness of Aadhaar in curbing leakages and bringing transparency in delivery system, the government recently issued orders to use Aadhaar in several other welfare schemes funded from the Consolidated Fund of India. While these orders require beneficiaries to give their Aadhaar number, it has also been ensured that no one is deprived of the benefits for want of Aadhaar.<br/><br/>In case of Mid Day Meal scheme and under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, children who do not have Aadhaar, the school or ICDS functionary will be required to provide enrolment facilities to them and till Aadhaar is assigned, the benefits will continue.So far Aadhaar has been issued to over 112 crore people and it has become an important tool of transformation, good governance and empowerment of people. The total savings because of plugging of leakages due to Aadhaar during the last two and half years has reached 49 thousand crore rupees.

Government today said that no one will be deprived of the benefits for lack of Aadhaar number. In a statement, the Government reiterated that till Aadhaar number is assigned to any individual, the benefit will continue on alternate means of identification. It also directed the departments to provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities to their beneficiaries. In view of usefulness of Aadhaar in curbing leakages and bringing transparency in delivery system, the government recently issued orders to use Aadhaar in several other welfare schemes funded from the Consolidated Fund of India. While these orders require beneficiaries to give their Aadhaar number, it has also been ensured that no one is deprived of the benefits for want of Aadhaar.<br/><br/>In case of Mid Day Meal scheme and under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, children who do not have Aadhaar, the school or ICDS functionary will be required to provide enrolment facilities to them and till Aadhaar is assigned, the benefits will continue.So far Aadhaar has been issued to over 112 crore people and it has become an important tool of transformation, good governance and empowerment of people. The total savings because of plugging of leakages due to Aadhaar during the last two and half years has reached 49 thousand crore rupees.