Instructions from the Chief Secretary for Aadhaar enrollment of children up to five years of age at Aam Aadmi clinics

Chandigarh– In order to increase Aadhaar coverage of children up to five years of age, Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua on Wednesday directed that Aadhar cards of these children should also be registered in Aam Aadmi clinics in the state. This was said by the Chief Secretary Mr. Janjua here today to take stock of the progress of various activities under the Aadhaar card project. said in the meeting of the implementation committee.

Janjua said that Punjab ranks fifth in India in terms of Aadhaar coverage. Now the focus is on building Aadhaar for children where the coverage is only 44 percent. He said that 580 Aam Aadmi clinics have been opened by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to provide better health facilities to the residents of the state, in which a large number of people are getting their treatment. Seeing the large number of patients coming to the clinic, it has now been decided to provide the facility of Aadhaar enrollment here also to increase the Aadhaar enrollment of children. Staff at the clinic already have the tablets.

The Chief Secretary also directed the Department of School Education and Social Security and Women and Child Development to speed up the Aadhaar process for children coming to Anganwadis and schools. , home address etc. should be updated.
Gurkirat Kripal Singh, Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies Department, gave a detailed presentation of the Aadhaar project to the committee. He said that only 5-7 and 15-17 year old children are free of charge. So the registrar UID. Efforts are being made by Punjab to get 100 percent biometric update of children of this age

UIDAI Bhavna Garg, Deputy Director General of Regional Office Chandigarh said that the adult population has already been covered in Aadhaar. The main focus needs to be on children. He said that till September 14, 2023, any citizen, who has never updated his Aadhaar in the last ten years, can do online document update in Aadhaar for free.
Besides others in the meeting, Finance Commissioner Revenue K.A.P. Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary Social Justice and Empowerment Ramesh Kumar Ganta, Principal Secretary Planning Vikas Pratap, Secretary Local Government Ajoy Sharma, Director Administrative Reforms Girish Dayalan and Special Secretary School Education Vinay Bublani were present.