On the 2nd of July 2017, the Union government had directed the states that all Aadhaar centres (including private operators) be moved to government premises such as district collectorates, zila parishad offices or municipal offices by the end of August 2017. They could also be located at banks, block offices, taluk offices or other delivery offices run by state governments, Dr. Pandey had said at that time. This list got expanded to include all Scheduled Commercial Banks, both public and private. Six months later, the focus of establishing Aadhaar enrollment centres largely remains banks and post offices. Here are some pertinent replies from the government in the LokSabha this march. As of 21st March, less than half the targetted enrollment centres were operational as per the government answer to Unstarred question no 4228 in the Lok Sabha. Dr. Kirit Somaiya Asked Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: whether the work of setting up of Aadhaar centres in post offices/banks have been started; if so, the current status of handing over the work to post offices and banks; the number of post offices/banks which have been identified for this work; the number of post offices/banks in which facilities of Aadhaar enrolment/ updation have been started, State-wise; whether the Government has directed that there is no need to get Aadhaar card laminated from private parties and Aadhaar letter printout is sufficient to get the Aadhaar linked benefits; and if so, the details thereof? To this, the Minister of…
