Kerala will be the first state to achieve 100 per cent enrolment, if not by March then certainly by June, according to P Bala Kiran, deputy secretary, IT, government of Kerala.   

"2.2 crore residents out of 3.3crore have got their Aadhaar cards; 2.9 crore have been enrolled for either Aadhaar or NPR in the state," he said.   "The future is going to be common services and common databases," he said, while speaking at consultative workshop on “Citizen Centric e-Government”, in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.

"Kerala wants to market itself as the most favourable destination for IT and ITeS  services and making each person e-literate in the state," he said. 

Bala Kiran informed that 3,000 offices have been connected through State  Wide Area Network (SWAN) in Kerala.

He said that futuristic  Common Service Centres, (CSCs) called Akshaya, have been running successfully in  the state. 

"Kerala is taking fast steps in National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)," he said.   

He said that e-district has already been rolled out in five districts in Kerala in will be rolled in all districts by March 15th. "50 lakh digital certificates have already been given to the citizens," he said. 

He also said that 34 services will be rolled out in two districts through micro-ATMs soon. "Most probably Akshaya would be the micro-ATM too," he said. 

The workshop was organised by the department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) along with NASSCOM.