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Imphal, Sept 7:
As part of effort to promote Aadhaar usage by states, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Regional Office (RO) Guwahati has organized a State Level workshop on ‘Recent Initiatives for Simplifying Aadhaar Usage’ in Imphal, today.
Dr. Rajesh Kumar, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Manipur was the Chief Guest at workshop. While addressing the participants/officials, “he has highlighted that Aadhaar is instrumental in delivery of social welfare schemes & urged the State Govt. Departments to notify Section-7 in schemes for implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer.
Dr. Saurabh Garg, CEO, UIDAI, elaborated on the progress made by Aadhaar in the past decade. He has highlighted in his speech 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& urged the State Govt. of Manipur to implement DBT in every service delivery schemes to bring transparency.
Vumlunmang Vualnam, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Manipur had also attended the workshop. Senior officials from the State Govt. of Manipur had attended the workshop & given detailed presentation on progress of Aadhaar enrolment & initiatives taken to implement DBT. In spite of difficult terrains, the Govt. of Manipur has undertaken rigorous efforts to cover more than 80% population. Best practices adopted by the state were also explained.
Speaking on the occasion Sh. Devajit Khound, DDG UIDAI, RO Guwahati 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.
In his speech, he has emphasized on use of Aadhaar in every social welfare schemes to bring transparency/visibility in the existing system & urged the State Govt. 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.
Saurabh Tiwari, Jt. Secretary, DBT Mission discussed on the various features on DBT & its implementation procedures for the State Govt.
Officials from UIDAI had discussed and highlighted the importance of DBT and the issuance of Section- 7Gazetted notifications for the schemes and benefits disbursed from the State Consolidated Fund. Discussions pertaining to Section 4(4)(b)(ii) was also held for issuance of notification under Good Governance.
The workshop ended with a positive note & vote of thanks.
