In his budget speech in the Lok Sabha, finance minister Arun Jaitley said that as part of the 'minimum government and maximum governance' framework, the government would introduce a bill on targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services aka Aadhaar bill.

The government also proposed to set up a social security platform using Aadhaar to accurately target beneficiaries. Jaitely said that the direct benefit transfer (DBT) is proposed to be introduced on pilot basis for fertilizers in a few districts across the country. Also, of the 5.35 lakh fair price shops (FPS) in the country, automation facilities will be provided in 3 lakh FPSs by March 2017.