<span style="color: #222222;">The government today denied that a large number of differently-abled citizens have been left out of the Aadhaar enrolment for not being able to provide biometric information like fingerprints. <br />''<br />''In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the residents who are unable to provide fingerprints for Aadhaar enrolment,&nbsp; iris scans can be collected.<br />''<br />''He said the residents who are unable to provide any biometric information contemplated by the regulations, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will facilitate exceptions in the enrolment. <br />''<br />''He said every data collected during enrolment has to pass through a robust, well-established data quality checking procedure.<br />''&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />''The Minister said UIDAI will continuously monitor the enrolment systems and processes to improve the accuracy of the Aadhaar database.</span><br />
News On AIR | February 13, 2023 4:23 PM
Residents unable to provide fingerprints will facilitate exceptions in Aadhaar enrolment: Govt in RS