Chamarajanagar DC directs officials to hold special camps for biometric updates of children’s Aadhaar

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Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar Shreeroopa has directed officials to clasp peculiar camps successful schools to update the Aadhaar biometrics of children who had attained 5 years and 15 years.

Chairing a district-level Aadhaar Project Monitoring Committee gathering successful Chamarajanagar recently, the Deputy Commissioner said biometric updates of Aadhaar were mandatory erstwhile children attain the ages of 5 and 15 years.

Pointing retired that Aadhaar cards are indispensable for students for schoolhouse and assemblage admissions, authorities payment schemes, scholarships, competitory examinations and respective different purposes, Ms. Shreeroopa said directed officials to clasp peculiar camps aft schools reopen to supply this facility.

The Aadhaar update process for children should beryllium taken up connected a run mode and completed wrong 1 month, she said.

The officials of the Education Department were instructed to hole dates for Aadhaar update camps successful schools instantly aft the commencement of the world year, portion besides creating indispensable consciousness astir the initiative.

Reviewing the presumption of Aadhaar-mobile fig linking, the Deputy Commissioner sought details of those who had not yet linked their mobile numbers with Aadhaar and instructed officials to expedite the linking process.

She said that the mAadhaar app allows Aadhaar updates done mobile phones, including self-service code corrections. Aadhaar cards that are much than 10 years aged tin besides beryllium updated online done the UIDAI portal.

The Deputy Commissioner further informed that facilities for Bal Aadhaar, enrolment of five-year-old children, and mobile fig updates are disposable astatine adjacent station offices nether IPPB (India Post Payments Bank) and urged the nationalist to marque usage of the services.

Additional Deputy Commissioner T. Javaregowda, Zilla Panchayat Assistant Secretary Srikantharaje Urs, District Scheduled Tribes Welfare Officer H.S. Bindya, Deputy Director of Pre-University Education Puttagouramma, District Aadhaar Consultant Rangaswamy, and e-Governance District Consultant Madhukesh were contiguous astatine the meeting.

Joining the gathering online from Bengaluru were UIDAI Assistant Manager Mohammad Musab and State e-Governance Consultant Prabhuswamy, said a connection here.

Published - May 29, 2026 06:45 p.m. IST

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