The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO inked technical collaboration pact to develop Bhuvan-Aadhar portal, providing information and locations of the aadhaar centres across India.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as signed by Shailendra Singh, Deputy Director General, UIDAI and Dr. Prakash Chauhan, Director, NRSC in the presence of CEO, UIDAI and other senior officers of UIDAI and NRSC.
“The portal will facilitate complete geographic information storage, retrieval, analysis and reporting for Aadhaar centres, with a high resolution backdrop of natural color satellite images,” said the MeitY, adding that UIDAI and NRSC are working out the modalities of design, integration and roll out on priority.
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NRSC will also provide a portal to collect and store data pertaining to existing and new enrolment centres. It will help to improve citizen centric services by carrying out regular statutory inspections.
The quality of collected data will be moderated by approved authorities at regional level to ensure the precise information along with online visualisation facility.