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Aadhaar covers 80% In Goa

Authorities are hoping to achieve 100% coverage in Goa by December end

GN Bureau | November 6, 2012

In Goa, 80 percent people have been covered under Aadhaar so far, probably the highest in the country. Authorities are hoping to achieve 100% coverage in Goa by December end.

Vijay Saxena, joint director, department of planning, statistics and evaluation, which is the nodal department for Aadhaar project in Goa, said that till date there are 71 stations operating to enroll citizens under Aadhaar all over Goa.

Since August 2011, when the aadhaar project was launched in Goa, 11,85,278 people have been enrolled under Aadhaar. From this, 10,66,750 Aadhaar cards have already been issued.

The UIDAI has now sanctioned Goa a sum of one crore as part amount for the computerization and integration of Aadhaar numbers into computer databases of various beneficiary-oriented schemes. The total amount to be released is 10 crore.

The five talukas with high Aadhaar coverage in Goa are Quepem (89%), Mormugao (83%), Canacona (78%), Bicholim (74%) and Sattari (73%).

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