Dedicated Aadhaar Sewa Kendra will be opened in Dharwad, assures Union Minister

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Union Minister for Railways, Communications and Electronics, and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has said that a dedicated Aadhaar Seva Kendra (ASK) volition beryllium opened successful Dharwad.

The Union Minister’s effect comes successful the aftermath of nationalist protest, which was followed by a missive to him by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi.

In the missive dated December 30, Mr. Joshi had highlighted the important spread successful the Aadhaar work infrastructure successful his Parliamentary constituency, citing inputs from the Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad.

He had pointed retired that earlier, determination were 2 Aadhaar Seva Kendras with 24 ECMP (Enrollment Client Multi-Platform) kits successful his constituency, and present it had been reduced to a azygous ASK successful Hubballi with lone 4 ECMP kits, which meant a nett simplification of 20 ECMP kits, which had severely impacted the district’s transportation capacity.

The Minister had drawn attraction to the hardships being faced by the public, stating that students, elder citizens and residents from agrarian areas were compelled to question agelong distances to entree Aadhaar services.

He had mentioned successful his missive that retired of the 79 functional centres successful the region, 36 were UCL/CELC centres, which were restricted to insignificant updates and kid enrolment. Full spectrum services, including mandatory biometric updates (MBU) for residents aged betwixt 5-15 years and above, could lone beryllium performed done ECMP kits, helium had pointed out. Responding to his letter, the Union Minister has assured opening a abstracted ASK for Dharwad.

Published - January 02, 2026 08:40 p.m. IST

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