(a) whether the Government had issued fresh guidelines for making Aadhaar number;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of people proposed to be registered for the second phase of the UID;
(d) whether the Government is aware of discrepancies in the Aadhaar number issued
during the first phase; and
(e) if so, the steps taken by the Government to make the Aadhaar number discrepancies
free?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) to (b): Drawing learnings from the experience of the Phase I and the various
suggestions received from Stakeholders of the UIDAI Eco-System, the following
amendments/improvements have been incorporated in the existing process/guidelines and
technology:-
(i) UIDAI will continue to have Multi Registrars Model to cover the target
population within the given time frame. All registrars of UIDAI (excluding RGI)
will enroll within the geographical boundaries of 18 States/UTs as per Annexure-
I. Non State Registrars ( Banks, India Post, NSDL etc.) will work on the model
of enrolments within/near own premises under intimation to regional Offices of
UIDAI.
(ii) Registrars have been advised to engage UIDAI empanelled enrolment agencies
for undertaking enrolments. Enrolling Agencies (EA) are to re-register all their
machines before launching fresh enrolment. They have to also prepare enrolment
plans. Training for Administrative Staff, and Operators/Supervisors has been
emphasized.
(iii) There would be special focus on social inclusion during enrolment.
(iv) Setting up of permanent enrolment centers for those who have missed the first
phase of enrolment. These centers can also be a touch point for
correction/modification/updation and re-enrolment, if necessary.
(v) It has been re-emphasized that no sub-contracting of enrolment work is
permissible.
(vi) It has been decided that third party audit of EA performance needs to be
implemented to review process compliance with enrolment process.
(vii) To de-incentivize errors committed by operators/supervisors during enrolment in
the field, provision has been made to impose penalties.
(viii) It has been mandated that Registrars will ensure the presence of document
verifiers at all enrolment centres.
(ix) GPS system should be activated as soon as possible to ascertain the location of
enrolment centers and as a security feature.
(x) All operators will do End of Day Review (EOD) of their enrolments to ensure
demographic errors are minimized.
(xi) Synching of enrolment stations every 10 days with Central Identities Data
Repository (CIDR) & uploading of packets within 20 days of enrolment.
(xii) Java based Single client version, i.e. Java based client version 2.1.0.0, has already
been rolled out on 07.05.2012 for resident enrolment during phase II.
(xiii) There should be provision of scanning of Proof of Identity/Proof of Address
(PoI/PoA) documents provided by the residents during the time of enrolment.
(c): The Cabinet Committee on UIDAI has given its approval for continuation of
enrolments of additional 400 million residents by UIDAI through Multiple Registrars
Model in 18 States/UTs as per Annexure-1. The enrolments are expected to be carried
out over the next 18 to 24 months.
(d) to (e): The enrolment process guidelines list out comprehensive Roles &
Responsibilities of each of the stakeholders namely; Registrars, Enrolment Agencies,
Verifiers, Introducers, Operators and Supervisors. The Roles and Responsibilities of the
Registrar is to collect demographic and biometric data from residents directly or through
Enrolment Agencies. Registrars have the flexibility to collect additional data, which will
be referred to as ‘KYR+’ fields for the various applications they have in mind. As and
when instances of non-compliance of prescribed processes/guidelines are detected or
brought to the notice of UIDAI, action against erring operators/supervisors/ and
enrolment agencies is taken. UIDAI has introduced a number of measures to deal with
the quality & process errors. These include demographic data quality check at the
backend and formulating a suspension policy, under which erring operators/supervisors
can be blacklisted and debarred from undertaking further enrolments. Further, the UIDAI
has firmed up an enrolment centre monitoring process by empanelling monitors, who can
conduct surprise visits of these centres periodically to check compliance of all
processes/guidelines. UIDAI has also decided to carry out 100% manual check of all
‘Biometric Exception’ cases before taking up the processing of the resident data packets
for Aadhaar generation. To dis-incentivize the casual approach of partners towards
demographic data quality, UIDAI has decided to impose financial penalties.