RTI Reveals only 1.15 Crore Aadhaar Cards Deactivated Despite Millions of Deaths – Amar Ujala Hindi News Live

As of June 2025, India has 142.39 crore Aadhaar holders. According to the United Nations Population Fund, by April 2025, the total population of the country will be 146.39 crore. On the other hand, the official data of the Civil Registration System (CRS) shows that on an average of 83.5 lakh deaths in India every year between 2007 and 2019.

Despite this, the speed to neutralize the Aadhaar number dead by UIDAI is surprisingly low. The Aadhaar number has been deactivated in less than 10 percent of the total estimated deaths. Officials have admitted that the process of neutralizing the Aadhaar number is complex and to a large extent the death certificate issued by the state governments and the information given by the family members depends on external data.

UIDAI has also reported that he does not keep any such data with the Aadhaar’s inactivity or who has died in their Aadhaar card system even after being dead. This revelations have increased the concerns of misuse of their active Aadhaar number after the death of people. This is a flaw that can affect government schemes, subsidy and other identity-related services.

Experts believe that this mismatch has highlighted the need for better coordination between the death registry and the base database of the people to prevent leakage in the distribution of repetition, identity fraud and welfare schemes.