Union Cabinet Secretary, Mr Pradeep Kumar Sinha Tuesday reviewed the growth of digital payments and status of Aadhaar seeding with Union Secretaries and Chief Secretaries in a meeting, he chaired, through a video conference.Chief Secretary, J&K, Mr B R Sharma, Commissioner Secretary, IT, Mr Sanjeev Verma and other officers of the State Government also participated.To promote digital payment mode across the Country, the State Governments were requested to ensure that all individual bank accounts are seeded with Aadhaar and Mobile numbers. For the purpose, role of District Magistrates and Banks was highlighted with instructions to monitor on regular basis, the progress, so that this important task is completed by 31st March.Emphasis was laid to prioritize holding of digital camps/melas in the districts to achieve the targets of seeding.
It was informed that unless individual bank accounts are not seeded with Aadhaar and Mobile Number, Government will not be able to transfer entitled benefits through DBT under various schemes to the beneficiaries.The banks were advised to utilize existing banking channels and other media communication channels to inform the account holders in regard to Aadhaar and Mobile seeding.Meanwhile, Chief Secretary, J&K briefed the Union Cabinet Secretary on the progress of Aadhaar enrolment and status of connectivity and reach of internet, mobile and banking in the State. To fast track completion of Aadhaar enrolment process in J&K, Chief Secretary requested the Union Cabinet Secretary to support the State Government in eliminating dark spots viz-a-viz connectivity and to also take up with the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), the issues regarding re-starting of Aadhaar generation by the vendors for the left out population.