Govt. stats on Aadhaar coverage "puffery", includes dead, petitioners tell SC
The government statistics as told to the Supreme Court that 95.1% of the entire population is covered by Aadhaar, which has already seen 115.5 crore enrollments, is sheer "puffery" and includes the dead too. "Aadhaar enrollment has been open to residents rather than citizens for enrollment; Enrollment has been done on the back of coercive measures where people have been denied or have feared disruption in entitlements until they apply or obtain Aadhaar; Aadhaar enrollment has been without adequate verification and in many instances the respondent itself has stated that the enrollment has been over 110% of the recorded population in many States giving concerns as to fraud within the system," the rejoinder said. The rejoinder points to the first large chunk of savings "incorrectly" alleged by the government with respect to the PAHAL scheme amounting to Rs. The CAG analysis also noted that the government inaccurately classified 3.34 crore inactive connections as active connections illegally drawing subsidised LPG prior to the launch of PAHAL scheme.
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