ALAPPUZHA, April 9, 2016
- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
An Aadhaar enrolment project for children below five years is in progress in the district.
The programme is being taken up by the Social Justice Department and the Akshaya district wing.
The district has 1.33 lakh children below five years, according to the 2011 census figures. Of them, 82,000 have already been enrolled.
The project envisages enrolment of 1.25 lakh children under Aadhaar by the end of April.
The parents, who have not enrolled the names of their children so far, could make use of the opportunity.
The move has been initiated in the wake of the fact that Aadhaar is being increasingly incorporated into a variety of government services.
In future, Aadhaar could be made mandatory for services pertaining to children such as school admission and scholarship payment as well, according to officials.
The enrolment could be done at camps being organised at Akshaya kendras and Anganwadis.
– Special Correspondent
The district has 1.33 lakh children below five years, according to 2011 census figures.