PAC lens on EC’s SIR drive, fake ID cards | India News

PAC lens on EC’s SIR drive, fake ID cards

NEW DELHI: The SIR train in Bihar and the problem of official paperwork like voter ID and Aadhaar card being obtained by alleged infiltrators figured in Public Accounts Committee (PAC) assembly Thursday, with a number of BJP MPs expressing concern over advantages of welfare schemes being availed by ineligible individuals.The PAC, headed by Congress MP Okay C Venugopal, additionally deliberated on “functioning of UIDAI”, with just a few members suggesting a less complicated process to impact adjustments in inaccurate Aadhaar particulars, which deny individuals entry to what’s their due, together with govt advantages.“Documents like voter ID and Aadhaar are given to citizens and not residents… The matter was raised and a suggestion made that ineligible cardholders should be identified,” a senior member mentioned, citing the method till 2023 beneath which a certificates from panchayat head was sufficient to obtain Aadhaar or voter ID.Just a few members mentioned Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar was an train being performed in earnest, as it’s in curiosity of the nation if the ineligible are recognized. BJP MPs Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nishikant Dubey, Anurag Thakur, Tejaswi Surya, L Laxman, and Congress’ Jai Prakash and Shaktisinh Gohil had been amongst those that attended the assembly. The BJP MPs mentioned a lot of ineligible individuals, particularly suspected infiltrators, had obtained the distinctive identification earlier than the applying guidelines had been made stringent and sought a evaluation of their bona fides, sources mentioned.An MP claimed Aadhaar serves as “backdoor” entry for individuals with suspect citizenship to get a raft of official paperwork, together with voter ID and passport, whereas others spoke of the presence of alleged infiltrators in Karnataka, Bihar and Jharkhand.Sources mentioned some MPs had been of the view that since Aadhaar is taken into account a residency proof and doesn’t certify Indian citizenship, authorities must rethink if it alone must be the premise for figuring out individuals eligible for welfare schemes. Without entering into particulars of the committee’s deliberations, Venugopal mentioned Aadhaar is a “common man issue” and lots of questions had been raised and recommendations made.At the assembly, attended by officers of ministry of electronics and knowledge know-how and UIDAI, just a few members highlighted difficulties confronted by Aadhaar cardholders in redress of their gri-evances, as at instances biometric particulars don’t match for quite a lot of causes, or different particulars are inaccurate.