Complete 'Aadhar' coverage in state by June next: K'taka CM

Says 32 mn people have so far enrolled for 'Aadhaar', and 24.1 mn of them have been issued 'Aadhaar' numbers

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said plans have been formulated to cover the entire state under the ‘Aadhaar’ project by June next year.

He said 32 mn people have so far enrolled for ‘Aadhaar’, and 24.1 million of them have been issued ‘Aadhaar’ numbers. “I had discussions with Nandan M Nilekani (Chairman of UIDAI). Our aim is to speed up the project and cover the entire state by June 2014,” Siddaramaiah said.

He said, ‘Aadhaar’ centres will open at ‘hobli’ (group of villages) level. N Cheluvarayaswamy (JD-S), who raised the issue, highlighted the problems caused to the public, especially to rural masses, as there is heavy rush at these centres.

He demanded that the number of ‘Aadhaar’ centres need to be scaled up substantially. According to the ‘Medium Term Fiscal Plan 2013-2017’ tabled in the Assembly, government is setting up Karnataka Resident Data Hub (KRDH), which will be a repository of the unique ID of all residents of the state.

The government has started UID-based delivery through seeding of ‘Aadhaar’ numbers for nearly 15 services offered by it in the districts of Mysore, Tumkur and Dharwad. This aims to enable the government preventing pilferages in the system and ensure better targeting of benefits to residents of Karnataka.