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Rajnath hints at merger of NPR and Aadhaar -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India


NEW DELHI: RajnathSingh, who assumed charge as home minister on Thursday, has hinted at the possibility of looking at the merger of the National Population Register (NPR) exercise and Aadhar scheme. During his first interaction with ministry officials, Singh is said to have asked for suggestions on how the two schemes could be made "complementary" so as to eliminate anyduplicity between them.

Incidentally, the UPA's flagship Aadhar scheme was earlier criticized by a parliamentary standing committee headed by BJP leader Yashwant Singh, over its duplication with NPR exercise and security concerns arising out its enrolment process, particularly its introductory system, and security ofAadhar data in private hands.

The avoidable duplicity between NPR and Aadhar schemes, both of which involve collection of biometrics from residents of the country, was raised as part of the detailed presentation made by home ministry officials regarding the issues, gaps and action plans of the each of the ministry's divisions.

Singh, who sat through the three-hour presentation covering areas such as internal security, Centre-state ties, Left-wing extremism, J&K situation and border management, is said to have asked senior ministry officials to come up with "different, innovative and out-of-the-box" ideas to improve on all these fronts.

Sources in the home ministry suggested that the Registrar General of India, which is in charge of theNPR exercise, would go back to the home minister with a detailed presentation suggesting marriage of NPR and Aadhar schemes. The options may include complete merger of the NPR with Aadhar under the RGI, or division of work between NPR and Aadhar in such a way that enrolment is done entirely by NPR while UIDAI, which runs Aadhar, carried out de-duplication ahead of generating the unique number.

Accordingto sources, the first option would better since it would eliminate the need for a legislative backup for Aadhar, or UID Bill which was shot down earlier by the parliamentary standing committee.

Singh'scall for "out of the box" ideas for improving the functioning of each of home ministry's various divisions came soon after he assumed charge on Thursday. No sooner than he had settled in his corner North Block office, Singh sent in regrets to the posse of mediapersons awaiting his first comments on his priorities as home minister. He headed instead to the MHA conference room for an exhaustive presentation on the work areasand issues concerning the home ministry. For the next three and a half hours, Singh heard out senior officials of the ministry's divisions one by one, making frequent interventions before outlining his own priority areas.

Singh sat through presentations that included an overview of how each division works, its budgetary resources, gaps and what needs to be done immediately. He listed internal security, centre-state coordination, border management, countering Left-wing extremism, Jammu & Kashmir and security of people of north-east origin across the country among his key priorities.A senior official said Singh has asked individual officers to suggest how internal security matters can be dealt differently, innovatively through some out-of-the-box ideas. The officials dealing with border management were told to come up with possible scenarios for resolving border disputes - particularly along the Bangladesh border and Sir Creek- that would not compromise national security but the same time appear attractive to the other side.

Insisting on the need to maintain good Centre-state relations, Singh has sought possible mechanisms to achieve this. He also asked officials to spell out areas, particularly relating to inter-ministerial and Centre-state coordination, where his intervention was required. A two-pronged counter-Naxal approach where security and development operations would go hand in hand and better security for people of north-eastern origin living in metros was stressed upon. The Centre plans to issue advisoriessoon asking the police of various cities to protect north-eastern people.