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Himachal Pradesh achieves 100 per cent Aadhaar card saturation

PTI
Published : Dec 18, 2016, 9:42 am IST
Updated : Dec 18, 2016, 9:43 am IST

In this small hill state, Aadhaar numbers have been generated for 72,52,880 residents.

Himachal Pradesh is the sixth state after Delhi, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh to have achieved this milestone. (Photo: File)
 Himachal Pradesh is the sixth state after Delhi, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh to have achieved this milestone. (Photo: File)

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has achieved 100 percent Aadhaar saturation on the basis of population of year 2015, making it the sixth state after Delhi, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh to have achieved this milestone.

In this small hill state, Aadhaar numbers have been generated for 72,52,880 residents. In order to maintain this achievement in future, special arrangements have been made under which services of Anganwari workers and health services will be taken to cover different age groups.

About 240 Permanent Enrolment Centres are operational for updating and enrolment activity while 22 Aadhaar Mobile Vans are also covering any left out citizen or elderly person in the remote areas of the state.

Tags: aadhaar card, haryana
Location: India, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla