UIDAI Opens its First ‘Aadhaar Seva Kendra’ in Delhi and Vijayawada
- Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has opened its first exclusive ‘Aadhaar Seva Kendra’ (ASK) at Akshardham Metro station in New Delhi.
- The second such Aadhaar centre has been opened in Vijayawada
- These Aadhaar centres will make it easier for citizens to apply for a new Aadhaar card or update existing ones.
- UIDAI has an ambitious plan to set up 114 such centres by the end of 2019.
- Although thousands of Aadhaar centres are being run by banks and post offices currently but the Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASK) are the first specialized centres operationalized by UIDAI.