Aadhaar enrolment to start from Oct 6

A Correspondent

Tezpur: Aadhaar enrolment will be rolled out in Sonitpur from October 6 through 18 centres in first phase in Sonitpur district.

Aadhaar is a 12-digit number issued by the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) to every individual resident of India, said Monoj Kumar Deka, Deputy Commissioner of Sonitpur while addressing a press meet held at the DC conference hall in presence of Faruk Alam, DDC, Kulen Sharma and Kishan K Sarma, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sonitpur.

The enrolment procedure involves collection of biometric and demographic data like thumb impression, iris san, photograph along with proof of age, address and identity for an Aadhaar number. The DC urged people not to confuse Aadhaar with citizenship updating process. “Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship. Both the processes are completely different. Aadhaar is only unique identification of an individual with biometric data,” the DC added.