Bhopal, April 29: Madhya Pradesh is the only State in the country, which has linked MGNREGA, Treasury, Food Coupon, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the like with Unique Identity Number (UID) card. Over four lakh registrations have been made in the State and 1.61 lakh cards have been distributed.
Initially the work of preparing Unique Identity Cards was underway in five districts—Hoshangabad, Harda, Dewas, Shajapur and Burhanpur. The first phase work in these districts has been completed and the second phase will start from May. Under the second phase, cards for those persons will be prepared, who had remained uncovered in the first phase.
Besides these districts, the process of making UIDs is underway at the divisional headquarters as well. Data of about 50 lakh people have been collected so far. Two persons from Hoshangabad have become the first to enjoy the pride of procuring unique identification code (UID) in February this year.
–Agencies–