Deputy Commissioner Ramban, Mussarat Islam today chaired a meeting of the District Level Aadhaar Monitoring Committee to review the status of Aadhaar enrolment and Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries.
Programme Officer, ICDS, Jahangir Hashmi; Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Giasul-Haq; District Statistics and Evaluation Officer, Ganesh Kumar; Chief Education Officer, Devanand; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kamal Jee Zadoo, Dy. SP, Om Parkash and other committee members attended the meeting.
Director, UIDAI Regional Office, Chandigarh Sanjeev Mahajan and other officers joined the meeting through Video Conference.
The Deputy Commissioner enquired about the status of Aadhaar enrollment of children in the age group of 0-5 years and directed the DPO, ICDS to ensure 100% coverage by mobilizing the Aadhaar enrollment staff.
The Deputy Commissioner also directed all the stakeholder departments and agencies to motivate the residents to enroll children below 5 years for Aadhaar enrolment and to get Mandatory Biometric updates done (MBU) after attaining the age of 5 years and 15 years.
Encouraging the Aadhaar holders to update Aadhaar with valid supporting documents, identity and address proof by visiting the nearest Aadhaar centres was also stressed upon.
The stakeholder Departments were asked to launch an enrollment drive on mission mode to achieve 100% coverage.
Pertinent to mention, the district administration has constituted a team of Informants and Notifiers to collect the data of vital events like Births and Deaths as per the timeline. The enrollment for Aadhaar Linked Birth registration at the time of birth was also emphasized.
The Director UIDAI, Chandigarh informed that to simplify Aadhaar usage, an array of services have been made available on mAadhaar app which can be accessed online. He noted that the benefits of Aadhaar have not only led to monetary savings but also stimulated responsible behavior, transparency, and faster delivery of benefits of various schemes of the Government.
