Ratnagiri secures 100% Aadhaar coverage

All residents in Ratnagiri district have their Addhar Cards as it has achieved the top Aadhaar coverage in the state with 100 per cent enrolment. Ratnagiri district beats other metros like Thane, Pune . While Mumbai has 94 per cent enrolment and Thane has 92 per cent and Pune has 91 per cent.  The overall Aadhaar coverage in the state is 94.5%, shows the latest data.After Ratnagiri, Dhule district in North Maharashtra has achieved 99% coverage, followed by Wardha in Vidarbha at 98% enrolment.  The weak area in enrolment is the under-five age group, where coverage is lower than 50% in the state. By contrast, 90% of the 5-18 age group has been covered, shows the data. After these results of Aadhaar card enrolment, now the state will focus on improving the enrolment in the under-five age group especially in urban area. As per the report published in The Times of India, state information technology chief V K Gautam said, “In rural areas, we register children in anganwadis but in urban areas, many of them don't come to anganwadis,”  Similarly to increase registration of newborns, the state plans to set up Aadhaar tablets at 500 government hospitals by July 1. The Aadhaar number will be given on the basis of the child's photograph, parents' biometric details and KYC. Also, 3,200 tablets will be distributed by July-end to anganwadi supervisors. The state also boasts among the few in the country that already have an Aadhaar act. The Maharashtra Aadhar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, provides for linking a person's Aadhaar card to benefit under state schemes. Initially scholarship schemes, mainly the ones linked to the social welfare department, have been earmarked under it.