The task of preparing Aadhaar cards would commence in Raipur district during September-October months.
This was informed in a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar to review the progress of work in the Aadhar card preparation for the State.
The Chief Secretary directed the officials attending in the meeting to expedite the work of preparing Aadhaar cards so that the beneficiaries could avail the advantage of ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ (DBT) so that cash from the centrally sponsored schemes be deposited directly in their respective bank accounts.
The Chief Secretary asked the officials of Panchayat and Rural Development Department besides the Food Department to establish co-ordination with the office of Registrar General of India and the agencies involved in preparation of Aadhaar cards for seeking manpower for
completing the task.
Kumar stated in the meeting that the computer operators of Panchayat and Rural Development Department and the Food Department could be trained to prepare Aadhaar cards for which the State Government can arrange for their training. Speaking in the meeting, Registrar of National Census in Chhattisgarh Renu Pillai stated that the task of preparing the Aadhaar cards had been entrusted with BEl, ECIl and ITI.
She said that BEl would prepare Aadhaar cards for districts in Raipur and Bastar divisions, ECIl would prepare the cards for Bilaspur, Korba, Janjgir-Champa districts while ITI would prepare the cards for Raigarh, Surguja, Koria and Jashpur districts. The work of preparing the Aadhaar cards commenced in urban areas of Mahasamund district in August 2012 followed by Durg, Dhamtari, Bilaspur , Raigarh district (December 2012), Korea and Korba (February 2013) and Rajnandgaon ( April 2013).
Pillai said that so far biometric print of more than 12.9 lakh individuals in Chhattisgarh had been taken and 6 lakh Aadhaar cards had been issued so far. She said that the biometric print of persons aged more than five years is taken.
She said that a ‘State Data Hub’ would be for upkeep of Aadhar card data and other works in Chattisgarh for which CHIPS would be appointed as Nodal agency and an MoU would be signed soon for the task. The districts of Dhamtari and Koria had been selected for the DBT programme for which District Collector, Dhamtari informed that 54 per cent of the work had already been completed for the programme.
The meeting held on Tuesday was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, D S Mishra, Principal Secretary, Urban Administration, M K Raut, Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Kujur, Food Department, Vikassheel besides representatives of the PSU units and other senior officials from the Government.