UIDAI relaxes norms for banks on Aadhaar

NEW DELHI: The UIDAI has provided some "relaxation" to banks in procurement of enrolment machines and hiring non-public data entry operators for his or her Aadhaar centres, and hopes that banks will offer such products and services at stipulated 10% of the branches "at the earliest", its CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said.

The Aadhaar-issuing body, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), has allowed banks to rent non-public data entry operators and enrolment machines and expects the relaxation to hurry up the outlet of Aadhaar enrolment and updation centres at bank premises.


However the banks must make sure that proper supervision of enrolment and updation process inside of their premises.


"They (banks) wanted some relaxation so that they could hire operators for data entry, and also hire the enrolment machines. So we have provided them this relaxation. Now using that, they are going ahead and setting up the (enrolment) stations. they have assured that they will do this task as early as possible," the UIDAI CEO said in an interview .


Until now, banks had to procure enrolment machines on their very own and position their very own staff for the activity of knowledge entry, he defined.


The Bank Aadhaar Kendras are being set up to make the Aadhaar verification technique of bank accounts handy for the folks and in addition to have more Aadhaar centres around the country. According to UIDAI stipulation, 43 non-public and public sector banks have to open Aadhaar enrolment and updation centres in 15,315 branches.
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