As part of an effort to promote Aadhaar usage by States, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Regional Office Guwahati organized a State Level workshop on 'Recent Initiatives for Simplifying Aadhaar Usage' at Kohima today.<br />''<br />''Addressing the workshop, Chief Secretary of Nagaland, J Alam said, Aadhaar is very essential in availing of various social-welfare schemes and urged the residents to get registered for Aadhaar to receive benefits under Direct Benefit Transfer. He said, a special effort would be undertaken to cover the left-out population. <br />''<br />''Chief Executive Officer of UIDAI, Dr. Saurabh Garg said, Aadhaar authentication provides an instant mechanism to prove one's identity through online authentication.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Dr. Garg while emphasizing that UIDAI will continue its efforts for improving the Ease of Living for residents,  urged the Nagaland government to implement DBT in every service delivery scheme to bring transparency.  Various sessions of the workshop deliberated on Aadhaar features, Key Developments in the Usage of Aadhaar, Data Privacy, and Information Security.</span><br />