Banks allowed to hire machines, staffers for Aadhaar enrolment

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has provided some relaxation to banks in procurement of enrolment machines and hiring private data entry operators for their Aadhaar centres. Talking to news agency PTI, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said, the relaxation will speed up the opening of Aadhaar enrolment and updation centres at bank premises. He said, the reprieve has been granted with the condition that banks will have to ensure proper supervision of enrolment and updation process within their premises.

So far, only about 3,000 branches of private and public sector banks have opened Aadhaar centres within their premises as against the targeted 15,300 branches that are required to do so.
Mr Pandey said, it will take few weeks for banks to achieve the target of opening Aadhaar centres in at least 10 per cent of their branches.