ADDC Pulwama chairs DLAMC meeting

PULWAMA, FEBRUARY 04: In order to finalize the action plan for saturation of Aadhar cards and mandatory biometric update in all age groups, a meeting of District Level Aadhaar Monitoring Committee (DLAMC) was held today under the chairmanship of Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Pulwama, Dr Sheikh Ab. Aziz, here.

 

Programme Officer ICDS, Lead Bank Manager J&K Bank, General Manager CSC Centres, Incharge Aadhar Seeding Centre Pulwama, officers from Education Deptt, Aadhar Operators of ICDS, Education, CSC and other concerned were present in the meeting.

 

At the outset, the ADDC held threadbare deliberation about the mechanism to be adopted for Aadhaar saturation in all age groups and mandatory biometric update of children in the district besides requirement of additional enrolment and update centres.

 

He also took a detailed review of the statistics of Aadhaar saturation process under different age groups and status of Aadhaar Seva Kendras operating in Pulwama. He was also briefed on the initiatives being undertaken to cover the age groups of 0-5 years, 5-18 years and above 18 years in the district.

 

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sheikh said that keeping the Aadhaar updated helps in ease of living, better service delivery and enables accurate authentication.

 

Dr. Sheikh, asked the Programme Officer ICDS to ensure all children in the age group of 0-5 are enrolled at concerned Anganwadi Centres and Immunization Centres.

 

He also asked for establishing special Aadhaar enrolment counters in the district to ensure Aadhaar registration/enrolment facility for new born babies so that all newborn are registered at well time to push the saturation process.

 

It was given out in the meeting that additional enrollment and updation centres will be set up in the uncovered areas of the district for the convenience of the general public. He asked the Officers to submit progress of Aadhaar registrations on a daily basis.