As on March 15, the Aadhar generation in Meghalaya and Assam had been 9 and 7 per cent, respectively, with Aadhar generation for children under five years is 0.1 per cent in these two states.
As the Central government links Aadhar to more and more welfare schemes, West Bengal ranks 24 compared to the other states of the country. As on March 15, 2017, compared to the projected 2015 population of 9,66,22,186 in West Bengal, Aadhar cards have been generated for 8,65,09,166 or 90 per cent of the state’s population.
Sources at the National Population Register (NPR), under which the bio-metric enrolment (BME) is taking place said that Delhi with 118 per cent is at the top of the list followed by Haryana, Telangana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. “Even states like Uttarakhand and Jharkhand are ahead of West Bengal with 97 per cent of Aadhar generation in each of the states,” an NPR official said. He said that the Bengal’s figure for Aadhar generation in case of children below 5 years and that for citizens between five and 18 years was 42.2 and 68.4 per cent, respectively.
Authorities have stepped up on Aadhar generation for school-goers. “In the state we are likely to generate Aadhar cards for school children through the schools. We have already started the process and district magistrates would be in charge of their respective districts for Aadhar generation. We know we are lagging behind and we need to make it faster because there are many facilities which the children, otherwise, will be deprived of,” said a senior official of the secretariat.
He said that there will be more Aadhar centres and more sensitising processes to generate awareness among the people in terms of Aadhar generation.
In Bengal too, while districts like Malda and Bankura are ahead with 96.63 and 96.28 per cent, respectively, Kolkata lags behind at 87.62 per cent. “The population of Kolkata is about 45 lakh while 39,42,965 Aadhar cards have been generated till March 22,” the official said.
It was found out that north eastern states of the country are way down the list in terms of Aadhar generation. As on March 15, the Aadhar generation in Meghalaya and Assam had been 9 and 7 per cent, respectively, with Aadhar generation for children under five years is 0.1 per cent in these two states.
In the latest move, the Centre has made it mandatory to furnish Aadhar cards after July 1, in case of filing IT returns and even for application of permanent account number (PAN) cards.
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