Jaideep Shenoy, TNN Sep 24, 2011, 11.04am
MANGALORE: Karnataka will strike it rich with the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) Aadhaar project. A move to include Know Your Resident (KYR+) norms as part of the Aadhaar data collection process has put Karnataka on the fast track to start the Karnataka Resident Data Hub, which will be linked to data collected for UIDAI.
This hub will be rolled out by March 2012 in Tumkur and Mysore, districts were Aadhaar enrolment was carried out on a pilot basis.
As per government estimates, nearly 30-40% of benefits rolled out under various social security schemes do not reach the intended beneficiaries.
This hub will be rolled out by March 2012 in Tumkur and Mysore, districts were Aadhaar enrolment was carried out on a pilot basis.
As per government estimates, nearly 30-40% of benefits rolled out under various social security schemes do not reach the intended beneficiaries.
We intend to plug the leakage through this data hub, D S Ravindran, CEO, Centre for e-Governance, government of Karnataka, told TOI on the sidelines of an Aadhaar workshop for government officials here. KYR+ norms collect information on seven crucial social security schemes.
These include social security pension, ration through public distribution system (PDS), MGNREG scheme, LPG, milk producers' cooperative society membership, and IP set connection. Once this hub starts in Tumkur and Mysore, data pertaining to social security pension scheme and PDS will be used as a test case to identify beneficiaries and then extended to other social security schemes, Ravindran said.
He explained that the prime reason for coming up with the idea of the hub was that earlier attempts to match the state data base created for PDS and election purposes did not add up to the number of beneficiaries in each of the above schemes. We were able to get a 9% match, he said, adding that with UIDAI data, the state will have an exact fix on the number of beneficiaries involved in each scheme and help in better delivery of services to them.
UIDAI, appreciating Karnataka's effort in adding KYR+ norms, has asked other states to emulate our model, Ravindran noted. Goa will be shortly incorporating KYR+ norms, and once the framework of the hub is created, more government schemes can be mapped to it. In the near future, a DC would be able to tell if a person chosen for an Ashraya scheme housing site has one or not, and the resultant spin-offs are endless, he added.
These include social security pension, ration through public distribution system (PDS), MGNREG scheme, LPG, milk producers' cooperative society membership, and IP set connection. Once this hub starts in Tumkur and Mysore, data pertaining to social security pension scheme and PDS will be used as a test case to identify beneficiaries and then extended to other social security schemes, Ravindran said.
He explained that the prime reason for coming up with the idea of the hub was that earlier attempts to match the state data base created for PDS and election purposes did not add up to the number of beneficiaries in each of the above schemes. We were able to get a 9% match, he said, adding that with UIDAI data, the state will have an exact fix on the number of beneficiaries involved in each scheme and help in better delivery of services to them.
UIDAI, appreciating Karnataka's effort in adding KYR+ norms, has asked other states to emulate our model, Ravindran noted. Goa will be shortly incorporating KYR+ norms, and once the framework of the hub is created, more government schemes can be mapped to it. In the near future, a DC would be able to tell if a person chosen for an Ashraya scheme housing site has one or not, and the resultant spin-offs are endless, he added.