Aadhaar cards for children below five years

Collector unveils pilot project for Avanigadda

For the first time in the country, children below five years would get their Aadhaar card, registered and delivered at home. The Krishna district administration had taken up the pilot project to be implemented in Avanigadda mandal of the district.

The officials from all departments would make a door to door visit in the mandal and collect the data of all the children below five years of age. Later, the Aadhaar enrollment team would visit these houses and feed the data to generate Aadhaar card.

They staff would also feed the biometric and iris in the computer for the Aadhaar card. The officials expect that there are about 2,500 children below five years of age in the mandal who would be given Aadhaar cards for the first time through the pilot project.

District collector Babu Ahmad asked the officials of revenue department to coordinate with medical, panchayat raj and other departments to ensure that the pilot project is implemented successfully. The children would get UID number and Aadhaar card that would help them get the benefits of the State and the Central government schemes.