Enrolments for Aadhaar at your home
Posted on: 13/Sep/2013 12:13:13 PM
People who do not want or are unable to stand in queues may be able to make enrolments for Aadhaar by sitting at their homes. The census department plans to set up camps in localities based on requests from residents associations. Joint director of census operations M R V Krishna Rao said any residents` welfare association with a membership of at least 30 households could send in a request.
Census department officials collect demographic details and biometric parameters - fingerprints and iris images - under the NPR scheme and the Unique Identification Authority of India issues Aadhaar numbers that are to be linked to bank accounts to help residents get benefits under various central schemes. In Chennai, just 35% of the residents have enrolled under the NPR.
Joint director of census operations M R V Krishna Rao said that many residents in the city are unaware about these camps and also added that the aim was to achieve at least 70% enrolment in Chennai by October.
