NPR data to be used for Citizen cards

The data being collected as part of the ongoing field survey for National Population Register (NPR) reportedly will be used to issue Citizenship Cards to the citizens of the country in near future.

Data will also be used to issue passport and visa to the Indian citizens in the coming days. The Local Register of Usual Residents (LRUR) is preparing it under National Population Register (NPR). 

It is for the first time Aadhaar numbers are being collected from the citizens as part of the survey which was not done in 2010 survey. The Aadhaar numbers will be seeded with updated National population data base. 

According to official information, integrated data with 14 details of personal information, electronic data base of biometrics such as photographs, ten impressions of fingers and iris of two eyes of individuals will be preserved in the National Population Register for future.

It is stated in the instructions booklet given to the teachers appointed as enumerators that the Citizens Act-1955 and Citizens Rules-2003 are the legal base for the National Population Register.

Teachers as enumerators collecting the details about the residence, native place, state and country of the individuals and Aadhaar number as part of survey being conducted for National Population Register (NPR).

Teachers are furnishing the details of the individuals about their residence, living in the country or outside the country. 

A.  Venkat, a government teacher working as enumerator in NPR survey, said they were instructed to collect the accurate data of individuals and also Aadhaar numbers and new family members as the data will be used to issue citizens cards to the citizens of the country in near future and added that data is also be used in issuing passport and visa to the citizens.

He said data of the NPR is going to be more useful and will be used for many purposes by the state and Central governments. The respondent has to furnish the details of his or her native village, town, district and state and country if they belonged to India. 

Also the same details has to be  furnished if anybody residing in another country under 10^th column in the NPR database booklet. With these details, it would be easily identified whether the citizen is an Indian or an NRI and illegally staying in India.

Online cheating of shoppers rises

Online shopping has come in handy for the online fraudsters to cheat the gullible people.

The incidents of online frauds are on the rise in the district. The fraudsters are cheating the gullible people having ATM cards by calling the people posing themselves as bank staff and wanted to clarify their pin number once.

Fraudsters are purchasing various products through online shopping at various prominent sites using the money available in the bank accounts with the ATM in numbers collected by cheating the bank account holders.

There was no mechanism to cross check whether the account holder who was paying money for his shopping was genuine card holder or not.

Unknown persons calling the bank account holders by introducing themselves as ATM servicemen and asking to renew their ATM otherwise it will be blocked soon due to technical problems and asking the details about their Aadhar card and ATM number to renew ATM card.

ATM account holders were asked to tell the number mentioned in the message they will receive and the amount in the bank account will be deducted and victim will receive message to this effect from the bank within no time.

Card holders will realize that they were cheated only on seeing the message they received from the bank stating that he or she was successfully purchased the items or products with the online payment using their ATM.

Vemula Rajaguruvaiah of Itikyala village in Luxettipet mandal was cheated for Rs 22,999 from his SBH bank account of Luxettipet lodged a complaint with the local police stating that an unknown person who collected details of his bank ATM card had purchased one item from online shopping site ‘Flipkart’.

‘One unknown person called with the phone number 9507206057 and introduced himself as Rahul Sharma who spoke in Hindi and asked him to renew ATM card on August18 and cheated me’, Rajaguruvaiah lamented.

One can find posters pasted in the RTC buses and stations offering online ‘relief’ services to the people those were facing problems. One woman of Mancherial was cheated for huge money in the name of offering relief to her family problems few months ago by online Baba.

Unknown persons have been calling the people saying that they were selected for a lottery or gold and asking the bank details to deposit on their names or send them to their addresses. Sometimes, asking to deposit some money to get the money or gold they got in the lottery.

Irregularities in sale of subsidised red onions

Subsidized red onions being supplied by the state government has brought great relief to the poor in the wake of skyrocketing prices in the open market.

But apart from the poor ,even some government employees and members of financially sound families are seen queuing up in front of the sales counters for subsidized red onions.

State government is reportedly bearing Rs 29 subsidy amount on each kg red onions which it purchases for Rs 46 per kg from wholesale Lasalgaom market in Nashik in bordering Maharashtra and incurs Rs 3 transport charges per kg. But, it supplies 2 kg of those onions for Rs 20 k per kg to each family.

It is learnt that state government is purchasing huge quantities of red onions from Lasalgaom market for all the districts in the state.

Nearly 230 quintals of subsidized red onion have been distributed to customers on showing Aaadhar card, ration card or any other proof in the last 20 days at Adilabad Rythu Bazar alone.

Long queues were seen in front of the selling counter at Rythu Bazars for subsidized red onions being supplied through marketing department.

Incharge Estate officer of Adilabad Rythu Bazar Jaisheelan said there was good demand for subsidized red onions as the white onions are being sold at Rs 50 -60 per kg in the open market.

There are strong allegations that some of the officials in marketing department are diverting the subsidized red onions to black market and hotels and restaurants due to lack of checks by top officials and that they are not maintaining the details of the sales and customers.

As many as102 tones and 80 kg red onions have been allotted to the Adilabad district so far from August5 and among them 82 tones and 86 kg have been sold till now.

Assistant Director of Marketing T. Srinivas said the state government is bearing nearly Rs 29 on each kg red onions and added that two or more members of the same family are taking subsidized onions with their individual Aaadhar cards and opined that it would be good if ration card is made as identity proof to check this.

No Ration without Aadhaar

Aadhaar- EPIC seeding at snail's pace in Adilabad

Modified Direct Benefit Transfer from November 15

The Central government will implement modified ‘DBTL’ (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG) from November 15 in 52 districts, including Adilabad, in the country.

The central government has come out with the MDBTL making some minor changes in the DBTL. Under the modified DBTL, consumers need not have Aadhaar number. It will be sufficient if they can provide their bank account number.

The amount of subsidy being given to the LPG by the central government will be transferred into the bank account of the consumer but initially, the consumer has to purchase the cylinder at the price fixed without subsidy.       

The best practices adopted in Aadhaar seeding, with the LPG connection and bank account, in Adilabad of Telangana and East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh will be replicated in other districts in the country.

These two districts have gained the distinction of achieving highest seeding in the country. Adilabad has the distinction of achieving 92 per cent LPG connections seeding with Aadhaar and 72 percent seeding with bank accounts and it is the best performance as far as Aadhaar seeding is concerned in the country.

Recently, petroleum companies held a meeting with the gas agencies and instructed them to be ready to implement the MDBTL. However, the LPG cylinder price, excluding the subsidy amount, would be announced before the launching date. Under the MDBTL, the gas agencies will seed the consumers’ gas connection numbers with their bank accounts, if they do not have Aadhaar card.

Owner of a gas agency in Adilabad said they have received information from the petroleum companies that the Centre will implement the Modified DBTL from November 15.

People faced a lot of trouble in getting the reimbursement due to incomplete Aadhaar seeding earlier. They stood in queues but could not get cards.

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