Aadhaar: State lagging behind, says Minister

KOCHI: While other states have gone much ahead in the distribution of Aadhaar, Kerala is still lagging behind, Excise Minister K Babu has said. He was speaking at the districtlevel inauguration of the Aadhaar project at the District Panchayat Hall here on Monday.
"Andhra Pradesh , Maharashtra and Karnataka had implemented the project smoothly. Andhra Pradesh has issued cards to 65 lakh people while Maharashtra has issued cards to 30 lakh people and Karnataka is also not far behind with 29 lakh cards. But Kerala has issued only 7,706 cards," he said. "This is one of the main reasons why the Aadhaar project has been included in the government's 100days programme. Compared to other states, Kerala stands 24th in implementing the project. "We expect to implement the project across the state by March 2012," he said.

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