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Srinagar, Sept 24 : A review meeting of Notification of Specific schemes under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 funded out of Consolidated Fund of UT of J&K was chaired by Amit Sharma, Administrative Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Jammu & Kashmir at Civil Secretariat Srinagar today. The meeting was attended by officers from Unique Identification Authority of India, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Department of Social Welfare, Department of Tribal Affairs, Department of Horticulture, Department of Tourism, Department of Youth Services & Sports, Department of Education, Department of Labour & Employment and Department of Law Justice & Parliamentary Affairs.
Amit Sharma Administrative Secretary, Department of IT UT of J&K stressed upon the use of Aadhaar in DBT schemes for authentication of beneficiaries. The chair emphasized that the use of Aadhaar as identity for delivering services or services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, brings in transparency and efficiency and enables beneficiaries to get their entitlements directly in a convenient and seamless manner by obviating the need to produce multiple documents to prove one’s identity.
All departments were instructed by Amit Sharma to identify schemes funded out of Consolidated Fund of the UT and mandate use of Aadhaar authentication for the beneficiaries as per the provisions of Aadhaar and other laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 and issue notifications for individual schemes in coordination with UIDAI and Department of Law Justice & Parliamentary Affairs in a time bound manner.
Earlier, Secretary IT Amit Sharma also chaired a meeting with Director Census, Prasanna Ramaswamy, Director Census, J&K, Athar Amin, Commissioner SMC, Officers of Director General of Economics & Statistics, J&K, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Additional Secretary, Law Department wherein it was decided to pace-up work regarding allotment of Aadhaar at the time of birth itself in 135 model hospitals of UT and developing synchronisation between Birth Certificates being issued by Municipal Bodies and the guidelines of Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India wherein all stakeholders expressed commitment towards both issues.
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