Mysore, Jan. 6 (KMC&HT)- The District Administration has clarified that the processing of Aadhaar, the Unique Identification (UID) Number, is completely free of cost and has cautioning citizens against imposters who promise to get them Aadhaar card for a fee.
Till date, about 3,90,000 registrations have been done across 70 centres set up under Mysore City Corporation (MCC). In all, 130 units are functioning in these centres, said Dr. A. Ravindra, Chief Executive Officer, e-Governance, Govt. of Karnataka.
Speaking at a meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner's office here last evening, Dr. Ravindra said that the application forms used to fill out details are also distributed free of cost.
"Some unscrupulous elements and middlemen, making use of the opportunity, are misleading innocent people by claiming that they need to pay money to avail the facility, and are extracting money from gullible people," he said and warned of legal action against such persons.
"The applicants, in order to ascertain their identity, may produce any one of the 17 government documents and for address proof, any one of the 29 documents," he said and added that no affidavits need to be provided.
"There is no need for rushing to get the Aadhaar card as the process will be a continuous one and all citizens will be brought under the UID," he said, adding that apart from the existing temporary centres, more permanent centres will be set up in city for the convenience of the citizens.
"The Central Government has now extended the provision of correcting the errors in the name, address or other details in the voters' identity cards, which may be incorporated in the UID," he said.
A brief training for 150 Aadhaar scrutinisers, on the method of scrutinising the documents, was provided on the occasion.
"A temporary acceptance card would be given at Aadhaar centres, when the application is accepted. This is not the final Aadhaar card, and will not be treated so. No centres are issuing permanent Aadhaar cards. After registration is complete, de-duplication will be carried out and the card bearing UID number will be delivered directly to the address provided by the applicant. Since the number is unique to each person, biometric aspects such as facial image, retina and prints of all ten fingers would be obtained," explained Dr. Ravin-dra and added, "As such, one person cannot acquire more than one card for his or her use."
"The agency carrying out the exercise is also providing help in the form of assistants who will give necessary support to fill out the form. Officials drawn from the government would scrutinise the details. Hence, citizens are requested not to entertain any middleman or broker who claims to help get Aadhaar card," he said.
"UID cards would be distributed to people in phases and this will not be a 'quick exercise'. General public should not assume that it is possible to hasten up the process with the help of a middleman. In case anyone notices such people around the Aadhaar centres, one can call toll-free number 1077 and lodge a complaint in this regard," Dr. Ravindra said.
Till date, about 3,90,000 registrations have been done across 70 centres set up under Mysore City Corporation (MCC). In all, 130 units are functioning in these centres, said Dr. A. Ravindra, Chief Executive Officer, e-Governance, Govt. of Karnataka.
Speaking at a meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner's office here last evening, Dr. Ravindra said that the application forms used to fill out details are also distributed free of cost.
"Some unscrupulous elements and middlemen, making use of the opportunity, are misleading innocent people by claiming that they need to pay money to avail the facility, and are extracting money from gullible people," he said and warned of legal action against such persons.
"The applicants, in order to ascertain their identity, may produce any one of the 17 government documents and for address proof, any one of the 29 documents," he said and added that no affidavits need to be provided.
"There is no need for rushing to get the Aadhaar card as the process will be a continuous one and all citizens will be brought under the UID," he said, adding that apart from the existing temporary centres, more permanent centres will be set up in city for the convenience of the citizens.
"The Central Government has now extended the provision of correcting the errors in the name, address or other details in the voters' identity cards, which may be incorporated in the UID," he said.
A brief training for 150 Aadhaar scrutinisers, on the method of scrutinising the documents, was provided on the occasion.
"A temporary acceptance card would be given at Aadhaar centres, when the application is accepted. This is not the final Aadhaar card, and will not be treated so. No centres are issuing permanent Aadhaar cards. After registration is complete, de-duplication will be carried out and the card bearing UID number will be delivered directly to the address provided by the applicant. Since the number is unique to each person, biometric aspects such as facial image, retina and prints of all ten fingers would be obtained," explained Dr. Ravin-dra and added, "As such, one person cannot acquire more than one card for his or her use."
"The agency carrying out the exercise is also providing help in the form of assistants who will give necessary support to fill out the form. Officials drawn from the government would scrutinise the details. Hence, citizens are requested not to entertain any middleman or broker who claims to help get Aadhaar card," he said.
"UID cards would be distributed to people in phases and this will not be a 'quick exercise'. General public should not assume that it is possible to hasten up the process with the help of a middleman. In case anyone notices such people around the Aadhaar centres, one can call toll-free number 1077 and lodge a complaint in this regard," Dr. Ravindra said.
