The success story of Andhra Pradesh in developing Aadhaar enabled applications through its initiative e-Pragati has prompted the entire high level team of Unique Identification Authority of India come down to learn the implementation of various schemes at the ground level.
About 200 officials led by UIDAI Director-General A.B. Pandey came down to the city to organise the two-day National Workshop on the applications on Monday and Tuesday.
The officers of UIDAI formed into six teams and visited villages in Krishna and Guntur districts on Monday to study the implementation of Aadhaar-enabled PDS at fair price shops. While four teams visited villages in Krishna, two teams visited villages in Guntur district in the afternoon.
Earlier speaking at the workshop held in a hotel here, Mr. Pandey said the use of the Aadhaar architecture in PDS, MGNREGS schemes, distribution of fertilizers, crop insurance and others saving hundreds of crores by the State administration had left him surprised.
I.T. Advisor to Government of A.P. J. Satyanarayana said Aadhaar needed an ecosystem to make its applications successful and Andhra Pradesh through the e-Pragati had developed it.
He explained the project People Hub which aimed to provide all services. Schemes would cover all the five crore people and connect them with all the government departments cutting out redundancy.
Through the People Hub, A.P. aimed to eliminate redundancy of citizens’ identity in the government records, provide faster relief during disasters, 360 degree view of citizens and others, he said.
Commissioner of Food & Civil Supplies department of A.P. G. Jayalakshmi gave details of the Aadhaar-enabled PDS. Later, speaking at a press conference UIDAI, Hyderabad region Dy. Director General M.V.S. Rami Reddy said A.P. stood tall among the few States that had achieved maximum results through Aadhaar and was able to save Rs. 1,100 crores and more in the PDS schemes alone.
