123 crore Aadhaar cards issued to people: Govt tells Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, Jan 2 : Nearly 123 crore Aadhaar cards have been issued to people, Union Minister Hansraj Ahir said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Replying to a written question, Ahir said as per the 2011 census, the population of India is 121,08,54,977.
The UIDAI has issued a total of 122.90 crore Aadhaar cards as on November 30, 2018, he said, adding that 6.71 crore cards were issued to children below five years of age and 29.02 crore cards were given to people in the age-group of 5 to 18 years.
Ahir said the number of children born within last one year of the 2011 census is 2,08,98,228. According to latest data available of the Sample Registration System (SRS), birth rate for 2016 is 20.4 and death rate is 6.4, he said.
The SRS is carried out on a continuous basis in randomly selected villages and urban blocks throughout the country.
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Delhi to witness mainly clear sky, temperature to hover around 30 deg C
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi witnessed a cloudy morning on Sunday, with the minimum temperature at 15.6 degrees Celsius, 1.1 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The weather department has predicted a mainly clear sky during the day, with partly cloudy conditions towards the evening and night on Sunday.
The maximum temperature is expected to reach around 30 degrees Celsius.
The relative humidity was recorded at 87 per cent at 8.30 am.
The air quality was 'moderate' at 9 am, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 154, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
The CPCB classifies an AQI between zero and 50 as 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 as 'severe'.
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