The Delhi government has put out public notices declaring that an Aadhaar card will be compulsory from January 1 for access to every government service. The notice has left people confused for lakhs of Delhiites are yet to be enrolled under the Aadhaar programme.
Nandan Nilekani had represented the UIDAI at the launch of Delhi Government’s Annshree Yojana which is cited as the first Aadhaar UID-enabled scheme. He had informed the audience that Delhi has seen an enrollment of 1.30 crore people in Delhi and of this number UID numbers have been issued to around 1.20 crore. In all Delhi has an estimated population of about 1.67 crore. Thus over 35 lakh are yet to be enrolled.
The public notice put out by the department of revenue and the UIDAI states that “Aadhaar card is compulsory from January 1 for access to every government service”.
It goes on to point that Aadhaar ID will provide services like opening of a bank account, Annshree Yojana, new mobile connection, LPG connection, old age pension, BPL card and scholarship for students.
In the months ahead the government will make an attempt to link as many services as possible to Aadhaar and speed up the enrollments.
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