Odisha’s Aadhaar enrolment is 93%

The Aadhaar enrolment in Odisha has made headway with more than 93 per cent of achievement during last couple of months.

This was discussed in a State Level Unique Identification Implementation Committee Meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Tuesday wherein Secretary IT Monoj Kumar Mishra outlined the issues for discussion.

Available data show, out of the projected population of 4.58 crore by 2019, so far 4.41 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated in the age group of 18 and above which is around 93.1 per cent of the projected population.

The registration level in 0-5 age group is around 46 per cent with real number of 18,26,038 and, 5-18 age group is around 81 per cent with real number of 95,87,186.