From October 1, unique identification number Aadhaar, would be compulsory for all old and new lPG connections.
All the subscribers will have to submit the copy of their Aadhaar card in their respective gas agencies before October 1. This information was given by the Assistant Director General of Unique Identification Authority of India Pradeep Kumar Upadhyay. He was at Hazaribagh to inspect the progress of direct money transfer scheme. Upadhyay in this regard met with the local officials and discussed on various points such as registration of beneficiaries, Aadhaar seeding and availability of the number. He checked whether things are moving on the right track or not.
In this meeting the District Programme Officer of UID Meetu Bharti informed that in Hazaribagh district about 80 per cent of the beneficiaries have completed their Aadhaar registration. Among them, 12,000 people have received their Aadhaar card. For making Aadhaar cards available to the rest of the mass, it has been decided to organise special camps at village level. In these camps, through e-aadhar people would get a printout of their aadhaar number right there.
It was also told during the meeting that for the residents of Hazaribagh town a special camp will be orgainsed in the stadium campus. In addition to this, there would be two mobile units who would roam around the town area to enroll the rest. Upadhyay instructed the officers of related departments and banks to speed up the process of Aadhaar seeding of the beneficiaries. He also said that in the near future the amount of money will be transferred to the beneficiaries through the DBT Apps.
At the end he instructed the officials to advertise well about it so that people who are not aware about the importance of Aadhaar card should know about it.
In the meeting, Civil Surgeon Dr. Vinay Kumar, District Education Officer Rajkumar Prasad Singh, District Welfare Officer Jugnu Minj, District Social Welfare Officer Madhumita Kumari, lDM Santosh Bharti , bank representative Sadab Ahmed, Karimuddin Malik from PMRDF and Vinod Chandrawal were present.