Aadhaar services to be offered by BSNL’s 3,000 customer service centres

According to a report by Hindu, Aadhaar enrolment and updating facilities will be shortly offered at the customer service centres of State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). These services will be provided at BSNL’s 3,000 customer service centres all over India. According to the report, the government-run PSU has joined the list of organizations like banks and post offices that can formally offer the Aadhaar services.

This project, BSNL Chairman Anupam Shrivastava stated will cost roughly around ₹90 crore ---Hindu reports. As reported by Hindu, the layout of this project will take about three months and the capital expenditure will be supported by the UIDAI to obtain the equipments— BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI.

“The process of procurement of equipments will start now, and maybe the first such centre will be ready with Aadhaar enrolment and updation services by January 1,” he said.

When contacted, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said: “More centres would provide more accessibility and convenience to the public now as most of the people have Aadhaar... they will have requirement of updation like address and other details. So, updation activities will be easily and securely accessible to people at large”—Hindu reports.