Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Regional Office (RO) Chandigarh has got the distinction of achieving an overall 100 per cent Aadhaar Saturation in each of the states & UT, where it is responsible for Aadhaar enrolment.
While Haryana achieved this distinction on September 26, Punjab was next to achieve this on on October 17, followed by UT Chandigarh on November 29 and Himachal Pradesh on December 7.
Officials said that to achieve this level of saturation, several initiatives were undertaken in coordination with the States and UT.
The States were encouraged to procure their own Aadhaar Enrolment kits anf Tablets which helped them to establish Permanent Enrolment Centres in the region. These Aadhaar kits and Tablets were deployed at various e-Disha Centres, CSCs, Sampark Centres, lok Mitra Kendra and Suvidha Centres. Officials added that the States in this region are in the process of setting up Permanent Enrolment Centers in Government schools. Haryana has already identified 500 Govt.
Schools which will act as cluster centres for covering all Government as well Private Schools in its jurisdiction.
In addition, special camps were organized in Universities, Government and private Schools and Colleges, Technical Institutes and Engineering Colleges, Rosters were prepared and their implementation was monitored by the staff of UID.