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Odisha to begin Aadhaar enrolment at Panchayat level soon

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar
Last Updated : Nov 22 2017 | 2:30 PM IST
Odisha government will soon begin Aadhaar enrolment at the Panchayat level and not engage private enrolment centres for the purpose.
The decision was taken at a review meeting presided over by Chief Secretary A P Padhi yesterday.
Aadhaar registration centres will be established in each Panchayat and there will be no private enrolment for the purpose anymore, he said
Till now, 94 per cent of the people is enrolled with Aadhaar in the state.
As Aadhaar seeding is also on for ration cards under the National Food Security Act and beneficiaries of MGNREGA and other schemes, 100 per cent enrolment is most essential, the chief secretary said.
"We are hopeful that in the next three to four months, more people will be enrolled and seeding for the schemes will also increase," Padhi said.
The total enrolment of 94 per cent include about 82 per cent school children and 60 per cent of Anganwadi children.

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First Published: Nov 22 2017 | 2:30 PM IST

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