UIDAI, Aadhaar - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
Himachal Pradesh has achieved 100 percent Aadhaar saturation based on population data collected till 2015 in the state.

HP is the sixth state after Delhi, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh to attain saturation.

HP has distributed 780 computer tablets among anganwadi workers to cover children between 0-5 years under Aadhaar while 250 tablets will be deployed at health institutions to cover new born babies to maintain saturation.

As biometric upgradation is mandatory after 5 and 15 years of age, the state made 240 permanent enrolment centres operational.

Meanwhile the Chandigarh regional office of the Unique Identification Authority of India has become the first RO in the country t o receive 100 percent Aadhaar saturation based on region comprising unjam, Haryana, Chandigarh and HP.

Haryana achieved saturation on September 26 followed by Punjab on October 17, Chandigarh on November 29 and Himachal Pradesh on December 8, 2016.

There are 8 ROs in the country to look after Aadhaar related activities. These are Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Ranchi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Guwahati.

Along with the northern region, Delhi and Telangana have become the other two states where 100 percent Aadhaar generation was made against estimated population of 2015.

Aadhaar-Linked Birth Registration (ALBR) has been launched in Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.

Under this scheme, staff members of hospitals are trained and certified to work as Aadhaar operators. Tablets are deployed in government as well as private hospitals to cover all newborn babies.

For newborns, biometric update will be done on attaining the age of 5 years and 15 years.

The states and UTs were encouraged to procure their own Aadhaar Enrolment kits (ECMP Kit) & tablets which helped them to establish Permanent Enrolment Centres in the region.

475 kits and 890 tablets were obtained by Haryana, 165 kits, 50 biometric kits and 800 tablets by Himachal Pradesh, 8 kits and 33 tablets by UT Chandigarh.

ANSWER: J Satyaranayana

Explanation:
Government has chosen retired IAS officer and former DeITY secretary J. Satyanarayana as the chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India.

• He succeeds former Infosys founder Nandan Nilekani
• Nilekani was the first UIDAI chairman and he stepped down from the post in 2014
• Due to the recently passed Aadhaar Act, government appointed a part time chairperson of the UIDAI
• Present CEO of UIDAI is serving IAS officer Ajay Bhushan Pandey
• GoI appointed two private persons as part time members namely Rajesh Jain, founder and MD of netCORE solutions and Anand Deshpande, founder and CEO of Persistent Systems
• Government had also set up a screening committee for filing the top posts at the UIDAI and the ACC headed by the PM makes appointments
• Delta ID’s iris software makes Aadhaar authentication more secure
• Satyanarayana was DeITY secretary from 2012 to 2014; this department has been closely associated with the Aadhaar project
• He contributed to the e-governance sector and was a founder of the e-seva programme for citizen services
• He also took part in the Passport Seva project of the MEA and various e-governance projects in Karnataka.
• He also served as special chief secretary in AP
• Rajesh Jain, the netCORE solutions founder is an IITan with a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University
• He has been convenor of the Friends of BJP, a network of professionals on social media who worked with BJP during the 2014 campaign
• Anand Deshpande, CMD of Persistent Systems is a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur and a MS in Computer Science from Indiana University
• Both Jain and Deshpande will work as part time members of UIDAI

ANSWER: ABP Pandey

Explanation:
Senior IAS officer A B P Pandey was on 21st July appointed as the chief executive officer of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), mandated to issue Aadhaar numbers.

• He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
• He is the first CEO of UIDAI formed in January 2009.
• He has been involved with UIDAI since September 2010

ANSWER: Aadhaar (Targeted delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016

Explanation:
The Union Government has notified the UIDAI (Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Member) Rules to provide legal shape to Unique Identification Authority of India.

• The rules have been framed as per provisions of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) Act 2016 for the appointment of chairperson and members.
• The UIDAI chairman will be selected on the basis of recommendation of a committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary.
• UIDAI was set by by GoI in January 2009 under the control of the Planning Commission.

ANSWER: All

Explanation:
The Supreme Court modified its order on the use of Aadhaar identity cards, bringing within its fold four additional social welfare benefit schemes:

1. Provident fund
2. Pension schemes
3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
4. Jan Dhan Yojana.
Earlier its use is restricted to the Public Distribution System (PDS) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

ANSWER: All

Explanation:
PAN,Aadhaar and driving license are issued to foreign nationals on valid visa as it is not a proof of nationality.