Unique Identification Authority of india U.P Govt plans Aadhar-based payment

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U.P Govt plans Aadhar-based payment of scholarships in five districts

The Department of Social Welfare is planning to launch Aadhar-based payment of scholarships for students on a trial basis in five districts of Uttar Pradesh.

On the recommendations of the Government of India (GoI), the department is planning to hold special camps in these districts for getting students enrolled for the unique identification (UID) numbers.

The trial will cover post-matric scholarship and fee reimbursement schemes for schedule castes and schedule tribes, other backward castes, minorities as well as general category students. Apart from the scheme for general category students, which is funded by the state government, the scholarships of all other categories are partly or fully financed by the GoI. The selected districts are Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Agra.

The Government of India has decided that in the second phase of the Aadhar scheme in Uttar Pradesh, the collection of biometric data for Aadhar number is to be done by the Directorate of Census, rather than the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).