Aadhaar Act, 2016

Aadhaar Act, 2016
Parliament of India
  • An Act to provide for, as a good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India, to individuals residing in India through assigning of unique identity numbers to such individuals and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Citation47 of 2016
Territorial extentWhole of India
Passed byParliament of India
Passed11 March 2016
Legislative history
Introduced byArun Jaitley,
Minister of Finance
Introduced3 March 2016
Voting summary
  • Majority Voice voted for
  • Minority Voice voted against
  • 05 abstained
Status: In force

The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 is a money bill of the Parliament of India. It aims to provide legal backing to the Aadhaar unique identification number project. It was passed on 11 March 2016 by the Lok Sabha. Certain provisions of the Act came into force from 12 July 2016 and published in the Gazette of India on 12 September 2016.

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