The IT Department alongwith Jammu Municipal Corporation and Jammu Smart City Limited today inaugurated the Aadhar Seva Kendra at Chander Bhagha Community Hall at Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu
The Seva Kendra was inaugurated by Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta in presence of Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Simrandeep Singh and Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Avny Lavasa.
As briefed by Simrandeep Singh, the Smart Chip Pvt Ltd (An IDEMIA Company), has been selected by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Government of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEIT) as their implementation partner to establish and run Aadhar Seva Kendra (ASK) Centers across India.
Aadhar Seva Kendra offers a single stop destination for Aadhar enrolment and update services to residents in a state-of-the-art environment. Aadhar Seva Kendra (ASK) offers a comfortable environment to residents. The center shall have a special provisions to provide onspot services, especially to the elderly and senior citizens. ASK Center will open for all seven days in a week from 9:00 am to 5.30 pm. It offers an online appointment system facility available (ask1.uidai.gov.in) where any resident can book an appointment online for Aadhaar enrolment or update service as per their convenience. The residents can make the payment at ‘Cash Counter’ available at the ASK or make online payment at the time of booking online appointment from UIDAI website. This ASK shall have a capacity to serve 500 residents in a day and have a seating capacity of 50 residents inside the center at any given time in a day.
All the Aadhar services will be provided at the rates defined by UIDAI and no extra money will be charged. The center is provided with CCTV facilities and have token/ queue management system for serving the residents.
Mayor informed that that Aadhar Seva Kendras are being established throughout the country as per the pattern of Passport Offices.
The Commissioner JMC, while speaking on the occasion, stated that the aim to establish this Aadhar Seva Kendra is to provide conveniently, time bound and transparent services to the residents and more such initiatives shall be taken by JMC.

Courtesy: The Daily Excelsior: 2nd April, 2021