On the second anniversary of Unique Identity Card (UID) card (also known as Adhaar Card), the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh, will launch 'Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery' in Dudu, Rajasthan giving boost to government's ambitious project.
Through this service, the UID cardholder can take the benefit of various government schemes, as government can correctly recognize the actual benefits by tracing the Aadhar card number.
PM will deliver the 21st crore Aadhar card to a resident of Dudu village.
"I thank Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for their guidance and unstinted support for the Aadhaar project. I am also grateful to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for his support in leveraging Aadhaar as a means for financial inclusion," Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani told a press conference here today.
"Aadhaar as the foundation of electronic transfer of benefits to beneficiaries of various social sector schemes should yield significant benefits" he added.
The government is rolling out Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery initiatives in 51 districts across the country. Aadhaar- enabled applications will be used for making pension payments, MNREGA payments, PDS distribution and scholarship and other payments.
"We are very excited about the future of Aadhaar, given the fact that we are about to launch Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery. Aadhaar is an online identity platform that can be accessed in real-time for authenticating beneficiaries and can be adapted by various user agencies, which creates scope to dramatically improve the manner in which social sector schemes are administered," said UIDAI Director General and Mission Director R.S. Sharma, while speaking on the occasion.
The launch of Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery will be in the presence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology, Earth Sciences Dr. Ashwani Kumar and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot.
On the occasion of the launch, ongoing Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery pilots of PDS in Kakinada, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh; Social Security payment in Aurangabad, Maharashtra; LPG cylinders delivery in Mysore, Karnataka; MNREGS payment in Ramgarh, Jharkhand and Old Age Pension payments in West Tripura district of Tripura will be telecast live.
The Prime Minister will also be presenting the Aadhaar Governance Awards and the Aadhaar Excellence Awards.
In the past two years, the UIDAI has worked hard to make this vision come true. During the first phase of enrolments, UIDAI with the help of its Registrars and other stakeholders, managed to enroll 20 crore residents well before the set deadline.
This has made Aadhaar the world's largest biometric-based identity database. Having concluded 20 crore enrolments, UIDAI was given the mandate to enroll a further 40 crore enrolments by 2014.
--With ANI Inputs--
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