DHAVAL KULKARNI | Mon, 12 Sep 2016-07:30am , Mumbai , dna
91% of Maharashtra has been covered under the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) scheme.
To universalise coverage of Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is planning to launch institutionalised doorstep services for enrolling senior citizens and the disabled. This will ensure that even those who cannot go to the enrolment centres can be covered by the unique identity scheme. "While around 91% of Maharashtra has been covered, the BMC and MMRDA region is a challenge," admitted a senior UIDAI official.
"We plan to target (senior citizens, the disabled and infirm) on a one-to-one basis," the official said, adding that a system would be institutionalised wherein enrolment agencies would be asked to provide doorstep services to such people. Pointing out that the UIDAI also had a concept paper on social inclusion, wherein the focus areas while designing the enrolment process included the disabled and the aged, the official said state governments had also been sensitised on the issue.