Registration of around 2.65 crore people for Aadhaar card has been completed in Chhattisgarh.
Of the total registrations, cards have been issued to as many as 2.45 crore people in the State, officials stated.
The benefits of Government-run schemes to eligible people could only be ensured by linking all schemes using Information Technology with Aadhaar card and for this, everyone should have Aadhaar number, said Chhattisgarh’s Food and Civil Supply Minister Punnulal Mohle.
He further informed that for registration of Aadhaar, permanent centers have been formed in urban areas and block headquarters. In financial year ended on March this year, the State Government has managed to ensure registration of around 92 lakh children enrolled in Aanganwadi centers and schools for Aadhaar card by undertaking special campaign.
The Government has set the target of accomplishing the task of issuing Aadhaar card to everyone by May this year, said Mohle, elaborating that on an average, registration of around 3000-5000 people are being done in the State on a daily basis.
Notably, UIDAI having issued first Aadhaar number on September 29, 2010, has till date generated more than 92.68 crore Aadhaar in just five years time. This success has been possible due to people’s voluntary quest to empower themselves with the unique identity that is portable and authenticable online anywhere, anytime on a digital platform.
It has been established in no uncertain terms that nobody can fake anybody’s Aadhaar established identity on authentication. Hence, the targetted delivery of direct benefits under various welfare schemes and programmes became a dream come true with Aadhaar proving itself as a strategic policy tool for social and financial inclusion, increasing convenience and promoting hassle-free people-centric governance, officials stated.
Out of the 24 States/UTs where UIDAI has been mandated to enroll and issue Aadhaar numbers, it is found that 16 states/UTs have more than 100 per cent adult population saturation with Delhi on the top with 128% followed by Himachal Pradesh (111%), Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (111%), Punjab (110%), Kerala and Haryana (109 % each), Chandigarh and Sikkim (107% each), Jharkhand, Goa and Puducherry (106% each),Tripura (105 %), Rajasthan (103%), Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra (101%); 5 states/UTs have above 90 per cent adult saturation with Andaman and Nicobar Islands (97%), Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh (96% each), Uttarakhand (93%) and Uttar Pradesh (91%); and 3 states have above 80 per cent adult population saturation with Gujarat (89%), Daman and Diu (82%) and Bihar (80%).
In all in States/UTs assigned for the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Aadhaar saturation among adult population is 98 per cent.