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The stage is set for the rollout of the world`s largest cash transfer programme after Indian Parliament passed a bill providing statutory backing for Aadhaar. The biometric-based identity scheme is expected to make the delivery of Rs 3.5 lakh crore worth central welfare benefits and services such as passports and driving licences quicker and more reliable. The government rejected the opposition demand that the Aadhaar bill should be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee .Finance minister Arun Jaitley said, you have 99 crore people who already have an Aadhaar enrolment. Ninety-seven per cent of adults in India are enrolled. The number in children is about 67%." He said the unique identification number programme has already resulted in savings of Rs 15,000 crore in LPG (cooking gas) subsidy.This could help the government in the ongoing legal battle in Supreme Court. The passage of the Aadhaar bill will help the government move ahead in operation of the JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile) governance trinity that is at the centre of PM Narendra Modi`s effort to ensure leak-proof delivery of subsidies and welfare benefits and use of UID in a range of services like land registry, purchase of mobile connections, issue of passports and driving licences and banking.
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