Dear Comrades,
July 29: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has speeded up the issuing of certificates to UID enrollment operators in the city. This has led to an increase in the number of post offices registering citizens for the 12-digit Aadhaar number that is to serve as the primary identification for all Indian citizens.
From just 10 post offices registering citizens for Aadhaar, Bengaluru now has 29. According to India Post, the registrar for Aadhaar programme in Karnataka, more and more applications are being distributed every day in the city and there is an increasing demand for enrollment. In 25 days the number of enrollments across Karnataka stands at 54,241 with 15,000 from Bengaluru. Each station or post office is enrolling between 50 and 70 citizens every day.
From mid-August the State government will also participate in enrollments extending the reach of the programme, said an official of India Post. The objective is first to launch in all the 35 identified post offices in the city and 200 post offices in other parts of the State before further expansion that will first cover the major district headquarters before entering the interiors of the State. The new post offices in the city include Jalahalli Head post office, Science Institute, Jalahalli West, Vidyaranyapura, Yeshwantpur, Benson Town, Mathikere, Malleswaram, Basaveswarnagar, Nandini Layout, Koramangala 3rd block, Banashankari 2nd stage, J P Nagar, Yelahanka, Fraser Town, Sadashivnagar and Museum Road.
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