"We will look into the matter," Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters when asked about complaints of Aadhaar centres charging fee for enrolling people.
Some Aadhaar enrolment centres are charging fee in the range of Rs 100-300 despite repeated clarification from Unique Identification Authority of India that no fee should be charged for it.
"Aadhaar is for free," UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said.
Prasad said that Aadhaar generation has crossed the 111 crore mark. Aadhaar is required for availing benefits and subsidies granted by the government.
Aadhar enrolment jumped to 7-8 lakh requests a day post demonetisation from 5-6 lakh requests a day previously. Over 47.8 crore Aadhaar cards have been generated since June 2014.
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