PNS|Eluru
District Collector V Prasanna Venkatesh directed the officials to ensure that all the below 17-year-old children must be issued an Aadhar card and released a wall poster to create awareness in this regard.
The Collector held a meeting with the district level Aadhar monitoring committee meeting here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, the district Collector, who is the chairman of this committee, suggested that the Aadhar centres should be operated by the respective departments and should work efficiently for the identification of all the children and citizens of the district.
He said that everyone who has an Aadhar card should update their details at the Aadhar Centres in the Secretariat Department, Education Department, Medical Health Department, Postal Department and Banks.
Apart from them, details of children between 5 years to 7 years and 15 years to 17 years should be registered free of cost, he said. He warned the officials that strict action would be taken against those who collect more than the fee from the adults at Aadhar centres and directed them to display the price table at every Aadhar centre.
Apart from these, the Collector explained that Aadhar card camps are being organised within the secretariats till November 25. He said that they should ensure that false documents are not submitted for updating Aadhar. As part of this, Aadhar card holders who got their Aadhar card from 2010 to 2016 through their phone number or biometrics are required to update.
The Collector expressed hope that there should be no citizens and children without Aadhar card in the district. Giving the details of those found at the dumping yard in Eluru, he said that the officials should verify whether they have Aadhaar cards or not.
No eligible beneficiary should lose the opportunity of getting welfare scheme benefit due to lack of Aadhaar card, the Collector said. The details of enrolment of Aadhar card and update of the same could be obtained from the toll free number 1947, the Collector informed.
The Collector on the occasion released a wall poster regarding the enrolment of aadhaar card and update of the same. JC P Arun Babu, Secretariat nodal officer G Ramanam DEO RS Ganga Bhavani and ICDS PD Pamavathi and other officials were present.
