Aadhar

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Andhra Pradesh - Notification of Secretary, IT &C Department as Registrars for the Aadhar enrolment in the State – Orders- issued.

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ORDER:

The Unique Identification Authority of India has been mandated to issue Unique Identification Numbers (Aadhar) to all residents of the country. To oversee and guide the implementation of the project, a State level Empowered Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of the Hon’ble Chief Minister and other members as per the G.O. 1st read above.

2.    In the G.O. 3^rd read above orders have been issued notifying the Food and Civil Supplies Department and Rural Development Departments as Registrars for the State for enrolling the residents under UIDAI.

3.    The Aadhar enrolment made so far is about 5 crores population by State Registrar and other Non-State Registrars. Still about 3.45 crore population is to be enrolled, out of which 30 lakh approximately are in the phase-I seven districts, about 70 lakh in the Municipal areas and remaining population to be enrolled is about 2.00 crore in Non-Municipal areas.

4.    The State UID Implementation Committee reviewed the status of Aadhar Enrolments in the state and decided to entrust the task of Aadhar enrolment to the IT &C Department by notifying the IT &C Department as Registrar for Aadhar enrollments for the areas as decided by the State UIDIC in view of the decision to complete the Aadhar enrolment expeditiously.

5.    Accordingly, Government after careful examination of the issue, hereby notify IT &C Department as Registrar for making enrolment under Aadhar as per the MoU and guidelines of the UIDAI. 

6.    As per the policy guidelines of the UIDAI, the Registrar should discharge following roles and responsibilities.

                        i.    The Registrar is a partner of the UIDAI in the implementation of the UID project.

                      ii.    The Registrar is under an obligation to enroll residents following the protocols, standards, process and guidelines laid down by the UIDAI.

                    iii.    The Registrar shall ensure the security and accuracy of data (particularly biometric data) collected from residents.

                    iv.    The Registrars may retain the biometric data collected from the residents enrolled by them as per the guidelines of UIDAI. The Registrar will have to exercise a fiduciary duty of care with respect to the data collected from residents and will be responsible for loss, unauthorized access to and misuse of data in their custody.

                      v.     In order to ensure data integrity and security, the biometrics captured shall be encrypted upon collection by using the encryption key defined by the Registrar. The UIDAI will define guidelines for the storage of biometric data. The Registrar shall have to define their own security policies and protocols to ensure safety of the Biometric data.

                    vi.    The Registrar shall retain the proof of identity/ proof of address/ consent for enrolment documents in proper custody for the time period defined in the process documents.

                  vii.    In case of disputes with respect to enrolment of residents, the Registrar is required to co-operate with UIDAI in resolving the matter.

                viii.    The Registrar is required to support the UIDAI in conducting audits and checks on the enrolment process.

                    ix.    Registrars need to define a ‘data updation’ process in order to keep the resident data accurate and complete in their respective databases.

7.         The Registrar shall function as per the guidelines issued from time to time by the UIDAI, GOI, Planning Commission and State Government.

                                                        MINNIE MATHEW