Aadhaar workshop for police, registrars held

An Aadhaar-based authentication workshop was conducted for the police and registrars by the Department of Digital Technologies and Governance (DDTG), in collaboration with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Regional Office, Chandigarh.

The objective of the workshop was to familiarise police personnel and registrars with the latest developments in Aadhaar, and to demonstrate how Aadhaar could be effectively used as a tool for resident identity verification.

Around 35 participants from the DDTG, Samagra Siksha (Education), Postal Department, Department of Health and BSNL attended the workshop, which covered various topics related to the Aadhaar ecosystem, rules and regulations, authentication modules, valid documents for Aadhaar enrolment and updation, mandatory biometric update for children on attaining ages of 5 and 15 years, and document update. UIDAI Director Jagdish Kumar emphasised the need to use both online and offline modes for verification of Aadhaar.

He said any Aadhaar could be verified from the official website as well as the mAadhaar application.

A live demonstration was also conducted on the Aadhaar verification module.

Examples of Digi Yatra and Jeevan Praman were given to show the effectiveness of Aadhaar in the quick delivery of public services.

The Director said any government or private department could start Aadhaar authentication for good governance, social welfare, innovation and knowledge.

He assured the gathering that such sessions would be held regularly so that the administration could be apprised of latest developments of the UIDAI.