The district administration of Gurgaon and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have chalked out a plan to achieve universal Aadhaar adoption in the district within six months said Deputy Commissioner T.L. Satya Prakash, reports the Hindu. The plan will involve deploying 10-15 more enrollment kits in the district by mid-January, taking the number of enrollment kits from 44 to over 55. According to the UIDAI, nearly 3.7 lakh people in the district are still not on the UID list, of which approximately 3000 will be enrolled everyday through these kits. Prakash further stated that out of the total 4,92,525 LPG consumers in Gurgaon, 73.37% have as of now, obtained Aadhaar cards. Of the 26% population without Aadhaar cards, UIDAI states that 9% are children in the age group of 0-5 years. Aadhaar numbers: - UIDAI claims over 6 crore Aadhaar numbers have been assigned to citizens in Uttar Pradesh, out of a total population of 19.98 crore. UP was among the four new states UIDAI had undertaken Aadhaar enrollments in, after receiving approval for Phase 5 earlier this year. - UIDAI then released its numbers for Aadhaar adoption in Bihar as well, and claims to have assigned 2 crore Aadhaar numbers to citizens, out of a total population of 10.41 crore in the state. - Before the start of Phase 5 over 67.38 crore Aadhaar numbers had been issued and a total of Rs 4906 crore had been spent on the scheme till August 31, 2014. Earlier UIDAI…
