Patna, July 25: The citizens yet to be covered by the Unique Identification Number (UID) project in the state would get Aadhar numbers through National Population Register (NPR) scheme.
A year after the commencement of the UID project in the state and coverage of less than one per cent of the total population, it has been wind up. The rest of the residents of the state would now be issued Aadhaar numbers and the corresponding “resident identity cards” on the basis of the NPR — a comprehensive identity database maintained by the registrar general and census commissioner of India under the ministry of home affairs.
Anil Kumar, director, business development, technology and marketing, General Post Office (GPO), Patna, told The Telegraph: “The registration authorities have divided the country in two halves for the purpose of compulsory registration of all citizens by issuing Aadhaar number.
Accordingly, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been entrusted with the registration of 60 crore citizens and the remaining 60 crores citizens will be registered under the NPR project. According to the data available with us, over 20 crore citizens were registered in the first phase of the UID project across the country. Of them, 19.3 crore registered applicants have been delivered their UID numbers. Similarly, the process of collection of demographic data for the generation of the NPR across the country was done between April to September 2010 through house-to-house enumeration.”
According to sources, the NPR project comprises three steps — collection of demographic data, collection of biometric data and issue of Aadhaar numbers.
“After the completion of the first phase of the UID project on March 31, 2012, the registration authorities decided that the citizen registration in Bihar would now be covered by the NPR. Total 18.8 lakh citizens of the state were registered in the first phase of the UID project. Of them, as many as 18 lakh citizens have been delivered Aadhaar numbers. The rest of the applicants would be delivered their numbers within our set deadline of first week of August. Moreover, we have recently received a communiqué from our headquarters informing about non- inclusion of Bihar in the second phase of the UID. Acting upon it, the entire set-up of the UID registration across the state have been winded up and 4G Identity Solutions — the agency undertaking the biometric registration in the state— has taken back all the equipment to its headquarters in Hyderabad,” said Anil.
Earlier, the Bihar government entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UIDAI on August 20, 2010. The submission of application forms for UID cards started at the GPO, Patna, from June 24, last year.
While total 64 agencies were involved in the enrolment for UID cards in the first phase in the state, the Bihar circle of India Post was the sole authority responsible for the dispatch of the Aadhaar cards.
Aadhaar — a 12-digit individual identification number — would provide a universal identity for an individual and can be utilised for over 600 services in the country.
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