Phase 2 Of Aadhar Cards From 1 Apr

The second phase of issuing Adhaar Cards will begin across the state from 1 April.

This was announced by Civil Supplies Minister D Sreedhar Babu, in the state Legislative Assembly, on Friday. Replying to a question raised by MLAs Payyavula Keshav, Errabelli Dayakar Rao and others during Question Hour, the minister said that the 2nd phase would last for 6 months.

He said that as per the 2011 Census, the state's population stood at 8.45 crore. Of them, 5.20 crore people have been enrolled for the Aadhar card.

The Civil Supplies department issued nearly 3 crore cards, and the rest were issued by other agencies. As many as 3.26 crore cards have already been dispatched, while nearly 66 lakh cards are under process.

Sridhar Babu attributed to the delay in delivery of card to the Postal Department.

The minister said that as against the fixed prices of Rs. 50 per card by the Planning Commission, the Civil Supplies department prepared each card for Rs. 29. The local bodies and municipal corporations charged Rs. 35 for the same work.

Sridhar Babu said that the first phase of Aadhar Cards was halted due to some technical problems.

TDP MLA Uma Maheshwar Reddy complained that Aadhar Cards centres were closed on 15 February without the work being completed. He also condemned the linking of ration cards with Aadhar Cards, and alleged that several people were being denied ration for not having Aadhar Cards.

MIM MLA Ahmed Balala alleged that the delivery of cards was being delayed by 6 to 8 months. He also said that bogus cards were being issued at many places.

BJP MLA E Lakshminarayana complained of a lack of transparency in the process of issuing Aadhar Cards. He also found fault with the linking of other utility services to Aadhar Cards. (INN)