The district has so far managed to complete the process for only 30 lakh of the total 54 lakh beneficiaries.
In an attempt to meet the March-end deadline to link ration cards with Aadhaar cards to weed out bogus beneficiaries, the Pune district administration has now turned to colleges and computer institutes to help them feed data of beneficiaries
The district has so far managed to complete the process for only 30 lakh of the total 54 lakh beneficiaries in the district.
Now, the district administration has written to all colleges and computer institutes to help it with data entry.
“We need more machines, terminals and manpower to help bridge the huge gap. We are reaching out to colleges to help us out as our manpower is not enough,” said district collector Saurabh Rao.
The district administration has already tied up with a number of computer institutes and colleges in Maval, Khed, Baramati and Shirur tehsils of the district.
Earlier, the state was given time till December 31 last year to digitise date on food procurement system, godowns, ration cards, supply chain and open transparency portals and seed Aadhaar card data. The new deadline is March 2016. All districts have been given an ultimatum that there would be no further extension.
Besides seeking help from students, the district administration is also encouraging people to go online and register themselves on the FDO website.
The collector said there were nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries whose names would likely be deleted from the list by the first week of March after following due procedure. These may include beneficiaries who have shifted or are dead.
The district has been divided into eight zones and all fair price shops will be checked for the list of beneficiaries and their linkages with Aadhaar cards.
The Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre is aiming big on Aadhaar-based biometric authentication, which it plans to roll out at all fair price shops across the country by 2016-end.
86% Aadhaar card coverage in district
The Aadhaar card enrollment too is on till March 31 and the administration is again finding it hard with just 350 machines against the request of 1,000. The district presently has an Aadhaar card coverage of 86 per cent. The existing machines are mainly used in anganwadis which are believed to have nearly 12 lakh children. Earlier, child development officers were in-charge of the process, but since they were not able to manage, revenue officers have been deployed to complete the job.
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