UIDAI

Kolkata (Rajeev Sharma): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has shared striking new data with the Election Commission (EC), revealing that nearly 34 lakh Aadhaar card holders in West Bengal have been recorded as deceased since the Aadhaar system was first introduced in 2009. In addition, officials confirmed that another 13 lakh residents who never obtained Aadhaar numbers have also died in the same period. The information surfaced during a recent coordination meeting between UIDAI representatives and the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Kumar Agarwal, amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s voter rolls. Effort to…