The UIDAI is mulling allowing Common Service Centres to provide non-biometric assistance for Aadhaar enrolment and updation services, including helping public in filling online forms, according to a government source.<\/p>\n
A person familiar with the ongoing deliberations at the Aadhaar-issuing body said allowing CSCs to carry out public assistance services for filling online Aadhaar forms for enrolment and updation activities, without involving any biometrics, is under consideration.<\/p>\n
The government had earlier promised to look into CSC\u2019s appeal that they be allowed to carry out Aadhaar-related work such as enrolment and updation of services.<\/p>\n
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, while addressing VLEs at an event in November, had said the government would make all efforts to look for a solution to the ongoing imbroglio.<\/p>\n
This service could be particularly helpful to users in rural areas or those not familiar with the online system, and CSCs can be allowed to charge a small fee for offering the assistance, the official said. A final decision is yet to be taken on the matter. The proposal also dovetails into Unique Identification Authority of India\u2019s ongoing plans to offer more services online.<\/p>\n
Village-level Entrepreneurs or VLEs, who run CSCs, have been asking the government to allow them to restart Aadhaar enrolment and updation services, after the UIDAI restricted these centres and private operators from doing so to ensure security and safety of biometric data of 120 crore Aadhaar holders.<\/p>\n
VLEs have been unhappy with UIDAI\u2019s decision to stop Aaddhar services, contending that they had invested money in purchasing equipment and in training manpower for Aadhaar-related work.<\/p>\n
Making a strong pitch on behalf of these centres, CSC chief Dinesh Tyagi had earlier said Aadhaar had helped people in rural India get an identity, and that the 12-digit identifier should be allowed to remain the \u2018aadhaar\u2019 or foundation for CSCs as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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