Dikshit requested Nilekani to take steps in removing the hurdles. "I expressed concern over the slow progress in the enrolment for the Aadhaar numbers.
We need to expedite the process," she said after the meeting. Officials said five private agencies were hired last year to collect biometric data and registration of citizens for issuance of Aadhaar numbers.
But the progress of data collection and enrolment were not satisfactory.
Aadhaar is a 12-digit number which the UIDAI is issuing to all residents in India.
UIDAI is storing basic demographic and biometric information of each individual being issued the number in a central database.
The Delhi government plans to use the Adhaar database to identify actual beneficiaries for various schemes and plug the loopholes in PDS and some other schemes.
Officials said thousands of residents had not received Aadhaar numbers months after enrolling for the same.
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Quelle/Source: The Times of India, 21.06.2012
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