Aadhaar Enabled Service 2012-2013

Aadhaar Enabled Service 2012-2013

Aadhaar as the foundation of electronic transfer of benefits on various socialsector schemes should yield significant benefits," he said.
UIDAI director general RS Sharma said the initiative would cover 51 districts in the country by 2013. Aadhaar-enabled applications will be used for making pension payments, wages under the Mahatma Gandhi NationalRural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Public Distribution System and scholarship payments, he said.
"The benefits range from better compliance management to reduced leakages and increased efficiency and accountability in service delivery," he said. Sharma said pilots of Aadhaar Enabled Service Delivery such as the public distribution system in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, social security payment in Aurangabad in Maharashtra, LPG cylinder delivery in Mysore in Karnataka, MGNREGS payments in Ramgarh in Jharkhand and old-age pension payments in West Tripura district will be telecast live Saturday.
On the occasion, the 21st crore Aadhaar number will also be handed over, said Nilekani, adding that by 2014, around half of India"s population or 600 million citizens would have an Aadhar number. Aadhar was launched in 2010 to provide an irrefutable proof of identity to all citizens of India making it the world"s largest biometric-based identity database. UIDAI has spent around ` 2,000 crore so far on the project, said Sharma.