Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma himself recently raised the issue in the state Cabinet meeting and a sub-committee has been formed.
The ministerial sub-committee, comprising ministers Ajanta Neog, Atul Bora and Pijush Hazarika, would soon initiate consultations with different groups, including All Assam Students’ Union (AASU).
The biometric details of these people are locked and could not get Aadhaar cards thereby they are not able to get welfare scheme benefits.
While replying to a question of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA Aminul Islam, Dass told the Assam assembly on Tuesday that the state government is aware of the problem as many eligible people are not getting benefits of welfare schemes due to the lack of Aadhaar cards that are mandatory to be linked to their bank accounts in receiving the benefits.
The Minister said that the state government has written at least twice to the Union Home Minister in 2020 and 2021, requesting the Center to allow the authority to access the biometric details of at least those people whose names had figured in the final draft of the NRC.
The Minister told the house that 85.55 per cent of people in Assam have registered for Aadhaar enrolment till February this year. Assam assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary said the matter once again can be brought to the notice of the central government.
