By Express News Service - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Published: 09th February 2014 11:06 AM
Last Updated: 09th February 2014 11:06 AM
Even as there is no end in sight on the confusion and uncertainties over Aadhaar, around 90 % of the total 3.33 crore population in the state have registered themselves for availing of Aadhaar. According to rough estimates, three crore people had already received their Aadhaar cards, empowering Kerala to become a ‘total Aadhaar state’ soon.
Pathanamthitta district accounts for the highest enrolment and disbursal (95.82%) of Aadhaar cards and T’Puram district was ranked the lowest (86.96%) in the state.
Nearly half of the Aadhaar cards were issued through Akshaya centres, which played a vigorous role in the drive. 1.47 crore people received their cards after registering with Akshaya centres. Among the rest, 1.16 crore people received Aadhaar cards by enrolling themselves in the National Population Register (NPR). 37 lakh people received their cards through Keltron.
For the fact that only 57 crore people have been issued Aadhaar cards across the country with a population of 127 crore, the enrolment in Kerala stands out, while also bearing testimony for the dedicated drive taken up by the Kerala State IT Mission, the nodal agency assigned with the task.
The maximum number of people who have taken Aadhaar cards are in Pathanamthitta. 11,45,550 (95.82%) of the population in the district are holders of Aadhaar cards now. The NRI and agricultural-centric district is also one of the districts which has recorded negative population growth.
Thiruvananthapuram lags behind all other districts in Aadhaar enrolment. Only 86.96% of the population (28,76,122) have registered so far.
District-wise Aadhaar generation as on February 7 is as follows:
Thiruvananthapuram: 28,76,122 (86.96%)
Kollam: 23,37,990 (88.91%)
Pathanamthitta: 11,45,550 (95.82%)
Alappuzha: 19,37,956 (91.33%)
Kottayam: 18,02,506 (91.06%)
Idukki: 9,87,803 (89.2%); Ernakulam: 29,17,297 (88.95%)
Thrissur: 28,60,063 (91.95%)
Palakkad: 25,63,006 (91.18%)
Malappuram: 35,94,028 (87.43%)
Kozhikode: 28,04,240 (90.77%)
Wayanad: 7,56,238 (92.61%)
Kannur: 22,82,073 (90.36%)
Kasaragod: 11,38,009 (87.36%)
Permanent updation centres at select Akshaya centres have been opened across the state for correction and change in address in Aadhaar cards already received by applicants. To avoid delay, the Aadhaar letter can be downloaded from the Aadhaar portal. The e-Aadhaars (electronic aadhaars) will be considered as equivalent to those received by post.
Those who have applied for the Aadhaar card can update themselves about the status of the card at www.uidai.gov.in.
By sending an SMS message to 51969, with UIDSTATUS < 14-digit enrolment number, one can know the status of Aadhar. Queries will also get a reply from the toll-free number 1800-4251-1800.