Itanagar, Feb 27: To promote Aadhaar usages by States, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Regional Office Guwahati organized a State Level Workshop on “Deriving Maximum-IMPACT OUT OF Aadhaar” at Itanagar on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Dhiraj Sareen, Deputy Director General, UIDAI, Regional Office Guwahati highlighted the significance and implications of Aadhaar as a tool for empowerment and a symbol of inclusivity. Commenting on the initiative launched in 2009, he stated that Aadhaar aims to provide every individual with a unique, verifiable identity. He further brought out how this has been instrumental in ensuring that even the most marginalized have access to various government services, subsidies and benefits. He assured UIDAI’s continuous support to the state for improving ‘Ease of Living’ in Arunachal Pradesh.
Addressing the audience, Ankur Garg, Commissioner, Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh highlighted the role of Aadhaar in delivering Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes to genuine and intended beneficiaries. He thanked UIDAI for organizing this comprehensive and informative workshop and urged the participants to explore ways to improve ease of living and simplifying lives of people.
Amod Kumar, Deputy Director General, UIDAI, Head Office, emphasized on use of Aadhaar in social welfare schemes to bring transparency/visibility in the existing system and urged the State Government that benefits shall be provided to the beneficiaries through Aadhaar Enabled Payment System for last mile delivery.
Col. Abhishek Koushik, Director, UIDAI, Regional Office Guwahati appreciated the initiatives taken by the Nodal Department (O/o Directorate of Economics & Statistics) in achieving an upward trend in Aadhaar saturation and also highlighted key areas to be addressed for achieving greater saturation. 
Officials from Head Office UIDAI, DBT Mission and NPCI also made detailed presentations on Aadhaar usage. The presentations were about delivery of subsidies/benefits under Section-7 of Aadhaar Act 2016 using DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) and Aadhaar enabled Payment Systems (AePS). It was also highlighted that Aadhaar authentication facilities can be availed by the entities for good Governance underSection 4(4)(b)(ii) of Aadhaar Act 2016. BebingMegu, Director, Economics & Statistics Dept. shared some highlights on Aadhaar enrolment activities of the state.
Presentation on “AI Nibhrit” by NIC official and “Parivar Pehchan Patra” by Govt. of Haryana were also delivered during the workshop.
The workshop ended with a positive note & vote of thanks by Kapil Jambhulkar, Director, UIDAI, RO, Guwahati.

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