Mysuru, Jan 30, 2015, DHNS:
40 such centres in the district from first week of February
The Aadhaar enrolment procedure, which was plagued by several shortcomings, will have some reprieve with the launch of Permanent Aadhaar Enrolment Centres (PAEC), from the first week of February.
The PAECs will be additional feature of Atalji Janasnehi Kendras (aka Nada Kacheris) and Mysuru One centres in the city. Under the first phase of the state-wide programme, a total of 40 such centres will come up in the district. Of the 40, six will be at Mysuru One centres in the city, and the rest at rural areas of the district.
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Venkatsomachari K R, State Coordinator for UIDAI and Karnataka Resident Data Hub, Centre for e-governance, said that unlike Aadhaar enrolment centres, PAEC will allow upgradation of demographic and biometric data of an Aadhaar number, checking Aadhaar status and issuing e-Aadhaar cards. The centres, which were operational in the past, only facilitated fresh enrolments, he said.
He said that training and certification for staff at 40 centres in the district has already been completed, ahead of the launch of PAECs. After the first phase, there were plans to open PAECs in all gram panchayats of the State.
In the State, PAECs will come up at 777 Nada Kacheris, 58 Bengaluru Once centres and 38 Karnataka One centres in the first phase.
In the second phase, PAECs will be opened at 4,980 gram panchayats and 220 municipal offices, he said.
With PAECs, the government will be directly involved in the collection of biometric and demographic data of Aadhaar card holders, as against private agencies in the past. Aadhaar enrolment, he said, were done by private agencies such as Nine Star Information Technologies Limited, Kharvi Data Management Services Ltd, Comat Tech Pvt Ltd and others.
Enrolment progress
As per the 2011 census, the population of Mysuru district was 29.74 lakh. Aadhaar numbers have been generated for nearly 28 lakh people, which is 94.19 per cent of the population, he said. With PAECs, enrolment and Aadhaar number generation of the remaining 5.81 pc (about 1.4 lakh people) will be completed soon, he said.
Workshop held
On Thursday, a workshop was held for all district level officers and staff regarding the Aadhaar enrolment procedure and measures to raise awareness about PAECs among the public.
Deputy Commissioner, C Shikha inaugurated the workshop and said that 267 PAECs are expected to come up in the district soon.
The PAECs will be additional feature of Atalji Janasnehi Kendras (aka Nada Kacheris) and Mysuru One centres in the city. Under the first phase of the state-wide programme, a total of 40 such centres will come up in the district. Of the 40, six will be at Mysuru One centres in the city, and the rest at rural areas of the district.
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Venkatsomachari K R, State Coordinator for UIDAI and Karnataka Resident Data Hub, Centre for e-governance, said that unlike Aadhaar enrolment centres, PAEC will allow upgradation of demographic and biometric data of an Aadhaar number, checking Aadhaar status and issuing e-Aadhaar cards. The centres, which were operational in the past, only facilitated fresh enrolments, he said.
He said that training and certification for staff at 40 centres in the district has already been completed, ahead of the launch of PAECs. After the first phase, there were plans to open PAECs in all gram panchayats of the State.
In the State, PAECs will come up at 777 Nada Kacheris, 58 Bengaluru Once centres and 38 Karnataka One centres in the first phase.
In the second phase, PAECs will be opened at 4,980 gram panchayats and 220 municipal offices, he said.
With PAECs, the government will be directly involved in the collection of biometric and demographic data of Aadhaar card holders, as against private agencies in the past. Aadhaar enrolment, he said, were done by private agencies such as Nine Star Information Technologies Limited, Kharvi Data Management Services Ltd, Comat Tech Pvt Ltd and others.
Enrolment progress
As per the 2011 census, the population of Mysuru district was 29.74 lakh. Aadhaar numbers have been generated for nearly 28 lakh people, which is 94.19 per cent of the population, he said. With PAECs, enrolment and Aadhaar number generation of the remaining 5.81 pc (about 1.4 lakh people) will be completed soon, he said.
Workshop held
On Thursday, a workshop was held for all district level officers and staff regarding the Aadhaar enrolment procedure and measures to raise awareness about PAECs among the public.
Deputy Commissioner, C Shikha inaugurated the workshop and said that 267 PAECs are expected to come up in the district soon.