Govt budgets Rs 985 crore for UIDAI in the next financial year; up 17%

The document did not provide reasons for the downward revision but it could be because of non-utilisation of all the funds allocated to the UIDAI

The government has raised fund allocation for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) - which issues biometric ID to residents - by 17 per cent to Rs 985 crore for the next financial year starting April 1.

In the current fiscal, the UIDAI was originally allocated Rs 1,227 crore when the Modi-2.0 government presented the Union Budget on July 5 last year. But the amount was revised downwards to Rs 836.7 crore, according to Budget 2020-21 documents.

The document did not provide reasons for the downward revision but it could be because of non-utilisation of all the funds allocated