Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Tuesday directed the officers of Education and Women and Child Development Departments to get Aadhaar registration of children coming to schools and Anganwadi centres done within 45 days.
He also directed to link all bank accounts in the state with mobile numbers of the account holders. Dhesi was presiding over 9th meeting of Unique Identification Implementation Committee (UIDIC), here.
The Chief Secretary said that Aadhaar registration has been done of 37,62,602 school students which was about 91 per cent. These included 3,74,268 students of senior secondary school, 7,19,858 of high schools, 10,51,575 of middle schools and 16,16,901 of primary schools.
During the meeting, it was informed that all scholarships being given to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and those studying in institutes of higher education and technical education, and Industrial Training Institutes have been linked with Aadhaar. The scholarships were being sent directly into bank accounts of beneficiary students through direct benefits transfer scheme.