Governor Launches Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration

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Chandigarh 03^rd August:- Aadhaar  Linked Birth Registration(ALBR) was launched in Chandigarh  today by Hon'ble Governor of Haryana and Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki at a function organized in Haryana Raj Bhawan. With this, Chandigarh has become first Union Territory to launch Aadhaar Link Birth Registration and second amongst all States and UT's after Haryana.  Adviser to the Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh, Deputy Director General, UIDAI, Home Secretary, Special Secretary Finance, Director Information Technology, Director PGI, Director Health Services, Director Principal, GMCH-32, Chandigarh and other officers of the Administration and UIDAI were present during the inauguration.

With the launch of Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration, Chandigarh is now eyeing to attain 100% Aadhaar saturation in coming months. At present, Aadhaar saturation in Chandigarh is 97.1% with the UT ranked 6^th in the country in terms of %age Aadhaar saturation.

Unique Identification Authority of India developed Android based portable application for Aadhaar Enrolment of children below 5 years called Child Enrolment Lite Client (CELC) as biometrics of children in this age group i.e. fingerprints & iris are not captured.   The CELC is operational on tablets. Government Hospitals and Private Hospitals in Chandigarh have purchased Tablets and authentication devices to operate CELC. Training and certification to identified operators was provided by UIDAI Regional Office, Chandigarh. Upon completion of enrolment, Enrolment No. is printed on birth certificate and this data is saved in RGI as well as UIDAI database.