Aadhaar monitoring committee meeting held in Kohima

Dimapur, Nov. 29 (EMN): In view of the need for simplification of enrolment for Aadhaar and its usage, UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati, conducted a district-level Aadhaar Monitoring Committee meeting in Kohima on November 28.

Senior officials from the district administration and representatives from UIDAI Regional Office, Guwahati, attended the meeting, which was chaired by the deputy commissioner of Kohima, an update informed.

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The salient points discussed during the meeting are as follows:

• Aadhaar saturation in all age groups and mandatory biometric update of children (biometric details of child in Aadhaar to be updated once they attain the age of 5 and 15 years respectively.)

• Document update campaign -UIDAI has recently issued a new guideline for resident to update identification and address proof documents, if they were issued the Aadhaar umber more than 10 years ago but had not updated their details since then.

• Strengthening of Aadhaar enrolment ecosystem.

• Establishment of district/sub-district/block-level Aadhaar Seva Kendras by UIDAI, state Registrar and CSC e-Gov.

• Monitoring and audit of Aadhaar enrolment centres.

• Usage of Aadhaar in various schemes and related issues.

• Implementation of Aadhaar-linked birth registration (ALBR).

• Monitoring of fraudulent activities related to Aadhaar.

• Requirement for additional enrolment and update centres and ensuring availability of enrolment centres in uncovered areas. (Enrolments camp at district jails, orphanages and inaccessible areas etc.)

• Digital Life Certificate to Pensioners through face authentication.

All the officials had a detailed interaction with UIDAI officers and had their doubts clarified for enhancing the use of Aadhaar numbers. It also stated that the district-level Aadhaar monitoring committee meeting for the remaining districts shall be conducted soon.