Posted: Tue Jan 18 2011, 03:15 hrs
Chandigarh:
Chandigarh:
“Ration lena ho javega aasan, jido kol hovega Aadhar pehchan (it will be easier to get food rations once you have an Aadhar identity).” This is one of the many slogans with which Punjab intends to kickstart its massive publicity campaign in the second week of February to be join the league of first few states to feed biometrics of its citizens into the server of Nandan Nilekani-headed Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) by September this year — ahead of the Assembly polls due early next year.
Nearly 2,000 biometric machines will be simultaneously pressed into service in all its 20 districts from March-April to capture fingerprints and Iris impressions of its estimated population of 2.75 crore for Aadhar, India’s ambitious project to grant a unique 12-digit identification number to its every citizen.
“We were waiting for something like UID to happen. So when it was launched, we approached the UIDAI with our proposal to begin the enrollment process simultaneously in all 20 districts. Though other states have launched it on pilot basis in some districts, we intend to complete the process in one go. It will totally reform our ration and LPG supply system by leaving no room for leakage and fake and duplicate beneficiaries by providing an unique identity to each and every citizen of the state,” said Punjab Food and Civil Supply Minister Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon.
Nearly 2,000 biometric machines will be simultaneously pressed into service in all its 20 districts from March-April to capture fingerprints and Iris impressions of its estimated population of 2.75 crore for Aadhar, India’s ambitious project to grant a unique 12-digit identification number to its every citizen.
“We were waiting for something like UID to happen. So when it was launched, we approached the UIDAI with our proposal to begin the enrollment process simultaneously in all 20 districts. Though other states have launched it on pilot basis in some districts, we intend to complete the process in one go. It will totally reform our ration and LPG supply system by leaving no room for leakage and fake and duplicate beneficiaries by providing an unique identity to each and every citizen of the state,” said Punjab Food and Civil Supply Minister Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon.