TIRUCHI, July 23, 2015
Laminated Aadhaar cards to be issued at e-service centres
- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Collector K.S. Palanisamy handing over a laminated Aadhaar card to an applicant at e-governance service centre in Tiruchi on Wednesday.— PHOTO: A. MURALITHARAN
Laminated Aadhaar cards will be issued at all the 11 e-service centres run by the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable Television Corporation in the district, Collector K.S. Palanisamy said on Wednesday.
The e-service centres are located at the respective taluk offices. Citizens, who have already recorded their biometric data for getting the Aadhaar cards, will have to provide the 14-digit number given in the acknowledgement slip to obtain the cards across the counter at these centres. However, they would have to come in person to provide the fingerprint impression to generate the card.
“The process of issuing the laminated cards at the service centres began last week. People who have recorded their biometric data can get the laminated cards at these centres by paying Rs.40. Besides, those who have already got their Aadhaar numbers could obtain the cards on paying Rs. 30,” he said.
Mr. Palanisamy, who inspected the issue of the cards at the e-service centre at the Tiruchi West Taluk Office on Wednesday, pointed out that the laminated cards would be easy to handle and water proof. If there was heavy crowd, additional computer systems would be provided at the centres to issue the cards to the public, he added.
To a question, Mr. Palanisamy said biometric data of 86.5 per cent of the district population have been captured so far. Eighteen centres were functioning across the district to record the biometric data of omitted persons and the process is expected to be completed in the next two or three months.
The Collector disclosed that 1,92,813 certificates of the Revenue department have been issued through the 169 public service centres run by different agencies in the district so far. While 146 of the public service centres are run by various primary agricultural cooperative societies, 12 are run by the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation at its Hope Centres in the city.
This apart, the Tamil Nadu Cable Television Corporation is running e-service centres at 11 taluk offices across the district.
Citizens can get community, income, nativity, first-generation graduate and deserted widow certificates from the public service centres. Applications for various marriage assistance for various schemes such as the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Memorial Marriage Assistance Scheme, Chief Minister’s Girl Child Protection Scheme, Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Memorial Inter-caste Marriage Assistance Scheme, Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Memorial Widow Remarriage Scheme, and Mother Teresa Memorial Destitute Women Assistance Scheme were received through these centres.
Citizens will have to provide 14-digit number to get the cards
Collector promises to install more computers if there is heavy crowd