Aadhaar enrolment for newborns to be expanded to all states in few months

Aadhaar enrolment for newborns along with birth certificates is expected to be available in all states in the next few months expanding beyond 16 states currently offering the facility government sources saidAt present 16 states have Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration The process began more than one year ago with various states getting added over timeWork is on in remaining states and Unique Identification Authority of India UIDAI the government agency that issues Aadhaar numbers expects that over the next few months all states will be able to offer the facility bringing added convenience to new parentsFor children up to 5 years no biometrics is captured Their UID is processed on the basis of demographic information and facial photograph linked with the UID of their parents Hence biometric update is required ten fingers iris and facial photograph once the child turns 5 and 15Also Read UIDAI urges document updation for Aadhaar numbers issued over 10 years backMore than 1000 state and central government schemes today leverage Aadhaar for identification and authentication of beneficiaries transfer of benefits and ensuring deduplication Of these nearly 650 schemes are of state governments and 315 central governmentrun schemes all of which use Aadhaar ecosystem and its biometric authenticationAs many as 134 crore Aadhaars have been issued till date Last year updates and enrolments for this 12digit biometric identifier added to nearly 20 crore Of this 4 crore were new enrolments a number that includes newborn babies and children up to 18 years Only 30 lakh were related to new adult enrolmentsThe sources said the aims is now to ensure that at the time of birth along with the birth certificate Aadhaar is issued UIDAI is working with the Registrar General of India regarding the same The process requires computerised system of birth registration and such states that had full computerisation have been onboardedThe full list of states with Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration was not immediately availableSources said that in 16 states whenever a birth certificate is issued a message pings to the UIDAI system following which enrolment ID number is generated Aadhaar is generated as soon as details such as photo and address of the child is captured in the system Birth Registrars in many cases are Aadhaar enrolment agents also so they will be able to enrol for Aadhaar sources saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever