Monday 29 August 2011
The UIDAI has made arrangements to allot unique numbers to the disabled persons who have no iris or finger prints to offer their biometric samples
Submitted on 06/06/2011 - 10:05:55 AM
By Chandrabindu
By Chandrabindu
Ranchi: Physical disability would not be any disqualification for the people in getting their Unique Identification Numbers—Aadhaar numbers.
The Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDAI) has put in place a mechanism to enrol the persons who don’t have eyes and fingers to offer their biometric samples.
“Such people can still get their Aadhaar numbers like others. The only difference will be that they would get it on the basic of demographic details instead of biometric details, as in case of the normal persons,” UIDAI Director General Ram Sevak Sharma said.
Sharma, who was here to sensitise the agencies tasked to enrol persons with disability, said those who get the Aadhaar numbers on the basis of demographic details, however, be restrained to authenticate themselves.
“They need to produce special documents to be supplied to those people for their own verification,” Sharma clarified.
The vendors on the job to collect biometric information of individuals like iris impression and fingerprints to ensure uniqueness have been told to take biometric details of the person with disability in the specified format of the application. The data collected by the vendor would be used to generate Aadhaar number for such persons.
The vendors on the job to collect biometric information of individuals like iris impression and fingerprints to ensure uniqueness have been told to take biometric details of the person with disability in the specified format of the application. The data collected by the vendor would be used to generate Aadhaar number for such persons.
Jharkhand Disability Commissioner Satish Chandra said there were about 3 lakh differently -abled persons in the State. Some of them might not be able to offer their biometric samples
“If someone is blind, print of all 10 fingers will be used to issue the unique ID. Again, if someone has no hands, scan of retina will do. We believe there is no one who is blind and has lost both hands, but if such a case comes to the fore we will have to see what can be done,” Ranchi UIDAI Assistant Director-General Arbind Prasad said.
The process of collection of data for issuing Aadhaar numbers in the state had kicked off from Ratu block in September 2010. What initially began in rural pockets was extended to urban areas on May 7 this year. Jharkhand has a population of 3.29 crore.
As of now, 600,000 people have already been issued Aadhaar numbers while data entry of another 17 lakh has been completed.