Chandigarh has become the first Union Territory in the country to attain universal Aadhaar saturation.
As against the estimated population of 11,15,584 as of now 11,15,817 residents of Chandigarh have acquired Aadhaar. The population of Chandigarh as per census 2011 is 10,54,686. With this, it has become the first UT in the country to achieve 100 per cent Aadhaar Saturation.
Delhi, Telangana, Haryana & Punjab are the other states in the country with 100 per cent Aadhaar saturation.
VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator U.T., Chandigarh has lauded the role and efforts put in by the Administration led by Parimal Rai, Adviser to the Administrator and team of UIDAI led by Ram Subhag Singh, Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Regional Office (RO), Chandigarh for attaining this commendable feat in such a short span.
Ram Subhag Singh, DDG, UIDAI RO, Chandigarh credited the UT Administration and Rai, other officers and residents of Chandigarh for achieving this milestone. Under the special joint initiative taken by the Adviser & DDG UIDAI, IT department, Health department & School Education department were registered as State Registrars & Enrolment Agencies by the UIDAI to carry out enrolments in their respective areas of control. Extensive training & certification to their staff members were provided by UIDAI for Aadhaar enrolment work. Department of IT, Chandigarh Administration led the initiative by procuring and setting up of enrolment kits in 8 Sampark Centres. In addition 33 Tablets were procured for enrolment of children in Aanganwadis.
Chandigarh is also the first UT in the country to link birth certificate with Aadhaar. Health Department has procured tablets for successful implementation of Aadhaar linked Birth Registration programme.