Census data to be linked to Aadhaar in Telangana

Adilabad: The Census-2011 data base is being linked to Aadhaar card, bank account and ration cards of individuals for field verification of population data covered  under Census-2011 to be taken up from November 16 to December 15 in the state.

 

It is said that Central government may issue a nationality card to the citizens and that is why the data is being linked with personal data to eliminate fake data and develop a system to track the nationals and outsiders.

 

The data after linking to Aadhaar ration card and bank account may be used for different purposes including implementation of welfare and development schemes and to identify the real beneficiaries and needy people and eliminate the rest from the schemes.

 

This project is being taken up for National Population Register (NPR) which updates the data of the Census and do additions and deletions from the data based on the field survey and information to be collected during household survey.

 

According to officials involved in the project, names of the new villagers who newly settled in the villages and migrants will added to the Census data of 2011 and deleted from the names of the persons who died and migrated from the villages to other places will be added to the data.

 

Principal secretary of Planning B.P. Acharya told the district officials during a video conference recently that the Census-2011 data base will be linked with the Aadhaar numbers of individuals and data base will be corrected with the field level verification during a house-to-house survey.