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Close to 12,000 Aadhaar enrolment operators suspended in recent months

This was because of a technical glitch in the document verification process

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The operators work under registrars such as Common Service Centres (CSCs), post offices, rural development departments as well as some private entities.

Sourabh Lele New Delhi
Nearly 12,000 Aadhaar enrolment operators have been suspended in the last two months due to a technical flaw in the document verification process.

Many of them were seen protesting outside the Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI’s) headquarters in New Delhi.

Many operators from parts of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh have been blacklisted.

The protestors demanded that UIDAI should upgrade its software with an option to verify the documents submitted by residents.

“For instance, if someone wants to change the date of birth on the Aadhaar card and submits a PAN card, we don’t