Jammu and Kashmir has achieved a major milestone in Aadhaar enrolment crossing 1 crore mark.
“10211893 Aadhaar enrolments have been generated in J&K so far registering an overall progress of 82%,” Secretary, Information Technology, Saugat Biswas, said while chairing a meeting to review the performance of various Registrars for Aadhaar working in J&K.
To give further push to the Aadhaar enrolment in J&K, Biswas, who is also the State Registrar for Aadhaar, set the deadline of 31 August 2018 for the Indian Postal Department to set up all the 87 enrolment centres in various post offices of the State.
Biswas also urged the State Level Bankers’ Committee to open additional enrolment centres in Shopian, Kargil and Leh districts, in addition to meeting the remaining target centres, an official handout said.