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Unique number delay for lack of introducers by Jaideep Deogharia

Though the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has prioritized enrolling people who have no valid proof of their identity and worked out a mechanism called the "introducer based verification system", it came to light in camps organized in the state that there are few takers for this system. An authorized person with a valid UID number can introduce a person with no documentary evidence.

Commissioner NREGA, Ajay Kumar Singh, who has been entrusted with the task of enrollment of people, said the idea of the Aadhaar number based on introduction has not gained popularity. "There could be many reasons for this, introducers themselves may not have the Aadhaar number as is mandatory," he said, adding, "it could also be because the common man is not aware of the scheme."

According to rough estimates, 90-95 per cent Aadhaar numbers distributed till date have been based on identity proof. Officials at the regional office of UID in Ranchi looking after the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, said the UIDAI targeted including such people who have no documentary proof of their identity so that benefits of social welfare schemes could be extended to them. The UIDAI has offered to pay Rs 10 per introduction as an encouragement. The UIDAI in its guidelines under the introducer enrollment and monitoring process released in December 2010, had categorically mentioned that people's representatives should be enrolled first so that they can act as introducers. But this has not been followed.

Ward councillor Rajesh Gupta said he once received a phone call asking him to arrange a camp for this purpose. He said he is waiting for summer vacation to begin in schools so that he can arrange a camp. "There has not been any special camp for potential introducers or ward councillors," he said.

Gupta added that had there been a separate camp for representatives of urban local bodies before camps for common people, the response of the people would have been much higher.