JOIN USConsidering the previous day’s confusion, more volunteers and the government staff were deployed at the Press Club to scrutinise the documents.
The authorities appeared more patient and were all ears to the grievances of the applicants.
The applications were collected based on the number and the applicants were barred from entering the processing centre till their turn came.
The officials tried their best to convince those who had brought invalid documents, to submit the required documents. “We can clear every document you furnish, but you will face problem later. Do not hurry, bring any two documents which can establish your age and address proof,” an official told the applicants.
More than 400 applications (about 1,200 people were enrolled) were scrutinised till 9 pm.
When questioned about the difference in application forms issued by the postal department and the one issued at the Press Club, the authorities said that the application issued in the postal department came from the Centre, while the application at the Club was isued in collaboration with State Government.
Principal Secretary IT/BT and e-governance M N Vidyashankar, reacting to the media reports said that the information being collected is for the convenience of the people where the State wants to know about the number of people who have gas connection and bank accounts.
“This is in order to ensure that they are provided with services and to prevent them from running from pillar to post in future to provide information. The recent example is about the gas connection where people were told to provide their RR numbers,” he said.
On the bank account details sought by ‘Aadhar,’ he said that less than 30 percent people have bank account. If there is no bank account, the pensions and other schemes for benefit of the needy will be misused.
“We can help people to have accounts and plug loopholes in implementation of projects,” he said.