In a bid to provide information related to facilities through Aadhar Card and to resolve problems related to updating the Aadhar profile or enrolment in the state, Haryana Government has launched “Aadhar-Rath” IEC awareness van.

This “Aadhar Rath” would disseminate information related to Aadhar from January 2 to February 10 across all the villages and districts of the state, said Additional Chief Secretary, Home, SS Prasad after flagging off the “Aadhar Rath” from Haryana Civil Secretariat premises on Wednesday.

Prasad said that concerning Aadhar Card registration under Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI), Haryana is the leading state in the country. Similarly, in birth registrations, Haryana is the foremost state.

He said that this “Aadhar Rath” would make people aware about the Aadhar related information and other facilities being provided by UIDAI during these 40 days (January 2 to February 10) in the state.

Mentioning the example of Public Distribution System being linked with Aadhar, he said that now the ration is being distributed to needy beneficiaries only without any confusion. The introduction of Aadhar card has minimized corruption to a large extent, he said.

He also said that Haryana is pioneer in implementing the Aadhaar enrolment of new born children in the hospitals itself through Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration (ALBR) programme and ranks first in the country in terms of Aadhaar Saturation of Children upto 5 years of age. Aadhaar has been issued to 25.69 lakh children.

For ensuring maximum enrolment of children, more than 800 tablets have been already issued and are working in Government and Private hospitals under the control of Director General Health Services, Haryana who has been appointed as Registrar by UIDAI.

It was informed that Haryana State has already taken steps to enroll the students and children in the age group of 5 to 18 years and 500 kits have been procured and installed in various schools for this purpose.

As per the UIDAI policy, to facilitate the residents, Aadhar kits have been deployed in 350 bank branches and in more than 200 post offices across the state.