The State Government on Tuesday decided to make the Aadhaar number mandatory for sale and purchase of land in order to maintain transparency in the land deals.
Chief Secretary RS Sharma, who earlier served as Director General of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said that the new directive will be effective from January 1, 2014.
Sharma has directed the Registration department to ensure that Aadhaar card should be necessary as a proof of identity. “The land deals would continue to be registered on the basis of witnesses’ signature and other documents, but from January 1 onwards the Aadhaar card would be mandatory,” he further added.
The Chief Secretary said that besides the sellers and purchasers of land, witnesses will also be required to produce Aadhaar card as a proof of their identity.
“There are several instances under the existing system where one property has been registered twice on the basis of witnesses and other documents,” he pointed out.
He said that Aadhaar card based land transactions will prevent duplicity and also establish the identity of sellers and purchasers.
Incidentally, the State Government, last year had decided to make UID number mandatory for payment of salary and pension to state employees in order to give the necessary impetus to the enrolment process.
However, the decision was yet to be implemented.
Notably, Jharkhand has done very well and so far it has enrolled about two crore people for the unique numbers.
UIDAI chief Nandan Nilekani, during his visit in April last, had expected that the rest of its 1.29 crore people will all be enrolled by August-September.
Jharkhand has been ahead of its neighbouring States in terms of enrolment figures.
Besides, in October last year, Ramgarh was awarded with the National Aadhaar Governance Award, instituted by UIDAI, for emerging as India’s best district in terms of taking Aadhaar-enabled services to the ordinary man.
The total number of enrolment centres functioning across the country is 30,000, whereas in Jharkhand the figure is 353. The State’s centres collectively enrol more than 73,000 residents a day.