CS stresses on key role of Aadhaar

IMPHAL, Sep 7 (DIPR)
Chief Secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar (IAS) has maintained that Aadhaar is instrumental in the delivery of social welfare schemes.
The Chief Secretary made the remark while attending a State level workshop on ‘Recent Initiatives for Simplifying Aadhaar Usage’ organised by the Regional Office (Guwahati) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) at Imphal today and urged all the departments to notify  Section-7 in schemes for implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
CEO, UIDAI, Dr Saurabh Garg, elaborated on the progress made by Aadhaar in the past decade. He highlighted that Aadhaar authentication provides an instant mechanism to prove your identity through online authentication. He also emphasized that UIDAI will continue its efforts for improving the Ease of Living for residents and urged the State Government to implement DBT in every service delivery scheme to bring transparency.
Additional Chief  Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam, IAS, along with senior officials of the Government attended the workshop and gave a detailed presentation on progress of Aadhaar enrolment and initiatives taken to implement DBT.
In spite of difficult terrains, the Government of Manipur has undertaken rigorous efforts to cover more than 80% population. Best practices adopted by the State were also explained during the workshop.
Speaking on the occasion, DDG UIDAI, RO Guwahati, Sh Devajit Khound, explained how Aadhaar has become the core of India’s digital public infrastructure. Aadhaar with its inherent features of Uniqueness, Authentication, Financial Address and e-KYC has helped the Government authorities to directly reach residents for delivery of various subsidies, benefits and services. He has emphasized that Aadhaar is verifiable anytime, anywhere both online as well as off-line in a cost-effective way.
Further, he emphasized on the use of Aadhaar in every social welfare scheme  to bring transparency/visibility in the existing system and urged the State Government that benefits shall be provided to the beneficiaries through Aadhaar Enabled Payment System for last mile delivery.
All the sessions of the workshop deliberated on Aadhaar features, Key Developments on Usage of Aadhaar, Data Privacy & Information Security.
Jt Secretary, DBT Mission, Saurabh Tiwari,  discussed the various features on DBT & its implementation procedures for the State Government.
Officials from UIDAI discussed and highlighted the importance of DBT and the issuance of Section- 7 Gazetted notifications for the schemes and benefits disbursed from the State Consolidated Fund. Discussions pertaining to Section 4(4)(b)(ii) were also held for issuance of notification under Good Governance.