The UIDAI has provided some “relaxation” to banks in procurement of enrolment machines and hiring private data entry operators for their Aadhaar centres, and hopes that banks will offer such services at stipulated 10% of the branches “at the earliest”, its CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said.
But the reprieve has been granted with the condition that banks will have to ensure proper supervision of enrolment and updation process within their premises.
So far, only about 3,000 branches of private and public sector banks have opened Aadhaar centres within their premises as against the targeted 15,300 branches that are required to do so.