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Odisha government has announced that Aadhaar is now compulsory for availing major state-run services

Bhubaneswar: 14/6/25:The Odisha government has announced that Aadhaar is now compulsory for availing major state-run services and obtaining official documents.

According to a directive from the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, citizens must furnish their Aadhaar number to apply for:

  • Caste certificates

  • Income certificates

  • Legal heir certificates

  • Land records and registration papers

The move aims to enhance transparency, curb duplication, and ensure direct benefit transfer (DBT) to eligible individuals without intermediaries.

To support implementation in remote areas, the state is coordinating with OCAC and NIC to facilitate Aadhaar enrollment. Special camps will be organized in regions without Aadhaar centers.

Transitional Provision

Until Aadhaar is assigned, applicants can use alternative IDs, such as PAN cards, voter IDs, and passports, along with the Aadhaar enrollment slip to avail of services.

This policy aligns with Odisha’s broader vision of digitizing public services and strengthening identity-based governance.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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