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Rs.3436.16 crore approved for Phase IV of Aadhaar scheme

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India (CC-UIDAI) approved the fourth phase of the UID scheme at an estimated cost of Rs.3436.16 crore on Thursday.

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The Phase IV of the UID scheme includes various project components such as cost of enrolment for additional 40 crore residents through multiple registrars, cost of updation services, cost of printing and delivery of Aadhaar letters, additional cost for construction of buildings for headquarters, data centres, non-data centres and additional rent for regional offices of UIDAI.

According to an official release, Rs. 1600 crore has been allocated for the enrolments for additional 40 crore residents. Rs. 490 crore has been allocated towards cost of updation services, Rs.1049 crore towards cost of printing and dispatch of Aadhaar letters and Rs. 247.16 crore has been allocated for the construction of buildings for headquarters, data centres and non-data centres.

As of now, UID numbers have been issued to more than 31 crore residents in India and the fourth phase of the project will commence immediately.

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By March 2014, enrolment for additional 40 crore residents allotted to UIDAI will be completed. "UID numbers will also be issued in respect of enrolment data packets received through Registrar General of India (RGI) as per their committed time lines," reads the government press release.

In the first phase, Rs.147.31 crore was approved by the Standing Finance Committee (SFC), to meet expenditure during the initial period of 12 months. In the second phase, Rs.3,023.01 crore was approved by the CC-UIDAI for issuing 10 crore UID numbers (Aadhaar numbers) through multiple registrars, other project components and recurring establishment costs for the period upto March 2014.

And in the third phase, the CC-UIDAI had approved Rs. 8,814.75 crore for the issue of UID numbers (Aadhaar numbers) to 20 crore residents through multiple registrars upto March 2012, technology and other support infrastructure costs for creation, storage and maintenance of data and services for leveraging the usage of Aadhaar for the entire estimated resident population upto March 2017.